Patricia Briggs Quotes

I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw.

Just because you don't announce your plan doesn't mean you don't have one.

Just like a script, you need to keep a business plan to yourself.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

If my friends don’t know what my plans are, then my enemies will not.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night.

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it.

There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest: but there is seldom one in which a man should tell it all.

To keep your actions and your plans secret always has been a very good thing . .. Marcus Crassus said to one who asked him when he was going to move the army: 'Do you believe that you will be the only one not to hear the trumpet?

Never let them know your next move.

I never like to talk about things until we're already successful. The moment you announce what you're thinking about doing, you've already created a ticking time bomb.

The truth of the matter is that chess is not the game of life because life does not ever happen the way you strategize and plan.

You cannot change strategy due to a trend.

If they don't execute well enough then there's nothing much a coach can do. But if they do execute those plans correctly and they don't work, then you need to be able to adapt and come up with something different.

I've always got a couple of tricks up my sleeve.

You go with what you got. That's the thing about having a system, then you plug guys into your system.

Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth

Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business; the trailer seldom goes far.

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.

Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out.

Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.

The secret is planning your work and working your plan. If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you arrive? You can't stumble upon your destination.