Strategy Quotes

“Wine gives one 'ideas,' whereas champagne gives one 'strategies.”
― Roman Payne

“To withdraw isn't a sign of weakness... It is a sign that a man knows the limits of his capabilities and the most probable outcome of the future. One who retreats to fight another day isn't running away, but looking for another road towards the same destination.”
― Lionel Suggs

“Every step in life is merely part of a game. Every piece is necessary, but if you do not know how to control the game, then you become one of the pieces that are meant to be sacrificed.”
― Lionel Suggs

“Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity!”
― Lorii Myers

“Learn how to think a few moves ahead at once. In life, if you can anticipate the human mind, you can anticipate all possible futures.”
― Lionel Suggs

“For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme,
Nor take her tea without a strategem.”
― Edward Young, Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young

“When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win.”
― Lionel Suggs

“Corporate strategy is usually only useful if you get people engaged with helping you to make it work.”
― Max McKeown, The Strategy Book

“Strategy is about shaping the future.”
― Max Mckeown, The Strategy Book

“Cole envisioned the next few weeks passing as a sort of painless montage: there'd be music, and different moments of the townspeople hard at work building a defensive wall around the perimeter of the town, and digging holes to serve as traps, and training with the few weapons they had. There'd be a wiping of perspiration and drinks raised to one another and the exchange of friendly smiles between comrades, and perhaps deeper, more meaningful glances between him and MaryAnn.

But by midmorning of the first day, Cole had come to the unavoidable conclusion that the remainder of the experience would in fact drag on in exceedingly real time, with lots of heaving and hoing and digging and hauling under the hot sun, full of the kind of intense straining that raised the danger of a really spectacular hernia. And, judging from the few tense conversations he'd had so far, he foresaw a series of increasingly strident arguments with Nora regarding matters strategic. Plus, of course, at the end of all this effort they'd all probably be dead.”
― Michael Rubens, The Sheriff of Yrnameer

“..the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.”
― Andy Stanley, Fields of Gold

“Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue for the more creative, human side, while others argue for the more analytic side of strategy.”
― Max McKeown, The Strategy Book

“The smart strategist allows strategy to be shaped by events. Good reactions can make great strategy. Strategy involves competition of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them. So part of the risk is created by the strategy.”
― Max McKeown, The Strategy Book

“If you drop assumptions, and can anticipate the possibilities, you can master the art of strategy. However, if you can only manipulate probability, you can only create a path to victory. But remember, plans can break down. The future is always a step ahead of you. The key is being able to manipulate probability and plan for uncertainty. This way, you don't have to create a path to victory, but manipulate all options so that all paths lead to a victory.”
― Lionel Suggs

“Strategy is about out-thinking your competition. Mark Zuckerberg, while at Harvard, built a website called Facemash ‘for fun’. Even today, Facebook believe that ‘done is better than perfect’.”
― Max McKeown, The Strategy Book