Favorite Quotations ~  Strategy 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy." ~ H. Norman Schwarzkopf

It's clear that when vision and strategy are communicated so that people throughout a firm can grasp them, it creates a favorable context that often leads to the emergence of new and unsuspected strategies. ~ David K. Hurst

Bold objects require conservative engineering. ~ James E. Webb

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

Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy. ~ Carrie Fisher

If you can't beat 'em, confuse 'em. ~ Harry S Truman

Advantage is a better soldier than rashness. ~ William Shakespeare, King Henry V

Always assume your opponent to be smarter than you. ~ Walther Rathenau

Without competitors there would be no need for strategy. ~ Kenichi Ohmae

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy. ~ Sun Tzu

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do. ~ Michael Porter

There is a slightly odd notion in business today that things are moving so fast that strategy becomes an obsolete idea. This is a mistake. If you do not develop a strategy of your own, you become part of someone else's strategy. ~ Alfred Toffler

Speed has become an important element of strategy. ~ Regis McKenna