Quotes On: Strategy

A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be.

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.

With proper tactics, nuclear war need not be as destructive as it appears.

Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.

Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

Great results can be achieved with small forces.

Be where your enemy is not.