Strategy Quotes · Page 80

“Love is more like an accident than a plan. It's more of a question than an answer.”

— Katie Kacvinsky

“Planning destroys worry. It's when you don't plan that you start worrying.”

— Mlungisi Simelane

There is timing in everything. Timing in strategy cannot be mastered without a great deal of practice.

— Miyamoto Musashi

I personally don't have plans. I have always been a deal-with-it-as-it-comes person.

— Sean Murray

Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.

— George Reisman

If the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal.

— Ritu Ghatourey

They [terrorists] have declared war on us and we need to have a serious strategy to destroy ISIS.

— Jeb Bush

For 'Minecraft,' it actually started with an isometric strategy game.

— Markus Persson

“Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.”

— Sun Tzu

Japanese gamers aren't really into action games right now. They're into role-playing or strategy games with a lot of stats, but action…

— Hideo Kojima

If all you're doing is grinding for the man, it's going to burden you. Once you say, 'Hey, I'm grinding for the…

— Jocko Willink

I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin…

— Vinod Khosla

You cannot stick with the same media strategy forever any more than you can stick with the same football tactics forever.

— John W. Henry

“I like football. I find it’s an exciting strategic game. It’s a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.”

— Craig Ferguson

“Men who are capable of real action first make their plans and then go forward without hesitation while their enemies have still…

— Thucydides

Men may not believe you, my son. But you must always say the truth, when the truth holds no danger for you…

— Janet Morris

We're doing some very exciting, bold things, pioneering content on mobile and for broadband, ... My vision is to say, as we…

— Tim Duncan

When we were working on immigration reform and there was a young Latino man, young immigration activist here who, in the Roosevelt…

— Barack Obama

What differentiates the success stories from the failures is that the successful entrepreneurs had the foresight, the ability, and the tools to…

— Eric Ries

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a…

— Robert Ballard

I don't like to have a strategy going into a fight. If he has a good right hand or a good kick…

— Demian Maia

As much as I'd love to give everybody a really cheap option, it's just simply not possible in certain sorts of extreme…

— Travis Kalanick

Boris Johnson was elected on a strategy that went down well with members, but was inevitably going to collide with reality and…

— David Gauke

Today the strategies of many companies in the real estate industry are premised on low interest rates, an assumption that has resulted…

— Akira Mori

I have 4s.. I mean I have speed, stamina, strategy and strength..

— Chaolin Deka

“Annihilation is a bad strategy, it gives the other nothing to lose.”

— Sarah Schulman

I don't make plans for my future. I have learned that you cannot predict what will happen.

— Samir Nasri

To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it.

— Carl von Clausewitz

Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.

— Irving Chernev

When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.

— Miyamoto Musashi

Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else.

— Robin Sharma

“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.”

— Sun Tzu

Is the game plan you are currently running the most direct path to your destiny?

— Josh Linkner

Okay, everybody, listen up. There's been a change of plans.

— The Pacifier

Not everything in life can go perfectly according to plan. I mean I didn't keep every girlfriend I ever had.

— Steve Wozniak

Put aside your need for a step-by-step manual and instead realize that analogies are your best friend.

— Seth Godin

“I put together a sales plan to go out and attack the market.”

— Mike Weinberg

“There are choices you make not by planning but (as you make your shadow) by being where you are”

— Benjamin Taylor

There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.

— Fred Hoyle

“If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them.”

— Sun Tzu