Paulo Coelho Quotes

To think about attacking is also to think about positioning.

Hannibal knew better how to conquer than how to profit by the conquest; and Napoleon was more skilful in taking positions than in maintaining them. As to reverses, no general cart presume to say that he may not be defeated; but he can, and ought to say, that he will not be surprised.

In planning an attack, persons have various roles.

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

If you don't have a viable strategy, you will be defeated by someone who does.

One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against him.

No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

Anyone who takes the first step without planning the last step should not be allowed in the counsels of war.

Have you already in your mind a plan wholly or partially formed? If you have, prosecute it without interference from me. If you have not, please inform me, so that I, incompetent as I may be, can try and assist you in the formation of some plan for the army.

Our military plans for everything.

There is no point in hiding that before the war we mostly learned to attack, and did not pay enough attention to such an important maneuver as retreat. Now we have paid for this. It turned out that the commanders and the staff were not sufficiently prepared to prepare and execute the retreat maneuver. Now, in the second week of war, we had in fact to learn from the beginning the most difficult art - the art of the execution of retreat.

GSP knows how to use a lot of strategy.

My experience in decision-making has shown that patterns are tough to break. In the military, we study an opponent, looking for gaps, flaws, or weaknesses that can be exploited. Successful leaders at all levels in all disciplines conduct this kind of analysis.

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land cannot maneuver their forces. Those who do not use local guides cannot take advantage of the ground.

General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.

Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art of maneuvering.

It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see the outward aspects, none understands the way in which I have created victory.

Act after having made assessments. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins - this is the rule of armed struggle.

The one who figures on victory at headquarters before even doing battle is the one who has the most strategic factors on his side.

Even the greatest of all strategists must occasionally take into account the presence of an enemy.