“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
“In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.”
“Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.”
“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”
“Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of what is close at hand.”