I have to be smart. You cannot be going in there, trying to go forward and pressure guys, and be taking damage and getting hurt on the way to doing it.

Any strategy, policy call or future manifesto should not view a child's health through the narrow prism of what they eat, but put diet on an equal footing with mental health and physical activity.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense I call it intelligence.

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

The best tactic against evil isn't confrontation with it, otherwise it is to get away from it

Strength lies not in defence but in attack.

You don't just want to beat a team. You want to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see your face again.

Your strategy for success must constantly move, change, and evolve.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Seldom can one attain victory in warfare without allies. Some allies provide direct assistance, the two forces battling side by side. Other allies provide logistical support, whether weapons and...

Diplomacy was like a card game. The difference was that you never really knew the value of the cards in your own hand.

The trick to being smart is knowing when to play dumb.

Sometimes, as in a game of chess, we must strategically regress so that we might progress toward our ultimate objective.

The only thing more dangerous than your enemy knowing how powerful you are, is your enemy not knowing how powerful you are

The art of diplomacy is the luck of knowing more of your rival's secrets than he knows of yours.

Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: 1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. 2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. 3 He...

Ornon says, Ornon - who - always - has - something - to - say says, the Thieves of Eddis don't have breaking points. We have flash points instead, like gunpowder. That's what makes us dangerous. -...

D'you think he would have thought ahead like that?" said Henry. "Assuredly," said Will. "The man's a strategist." He tapped his temple. "Like me.

Victory to the spider. Patience wins the day. And today my patience ends. {Apollymi}

Claire: So we do nothing? Michael: We do the best nothing you've ever seen.

You don't correct a president. You merely compliment them on their wisdom in seeking your counsel.

"Good man, Foaly." He grinned. "Hit that backstabber where it hurts, right in the ambition."

It's like chess, you know. The Queen saves the King.

The trap many people fall into is to allocate their time to whoever screams loudest, and their talent to whatever offers them the fastest reward. That's a dangerous way to build a strategy.

Three classes of factors affect what an organization can and cannot do: its resources, its processes, and its values.

When you move they can't get you 'A'

It seemed certain now that small could defeat big. All it took was brains and skills and heart and a perfect plan.

Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.