Strategy Quotes
By Enrique Suarez
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results
Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965, English statesman
There is always a better strategy than the one you have; you just haven'thought of it yet
Sir Brian Pitman, former CEO of Lloyds TSB,
Harvard Business Review, April 2003
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward
Herodotus, 5th century BC, Greek historian
The processes used to arrive at the total strategy are typically fragmented,evolutionary, and largely intuitive
James Quinn in Strategic Change: Logical Incrementalism, 1978
In real life, strategy is actually very straight forward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell
Jack Welch in Winning, 2005
How many senior executives discuss the crucial distinction between competitive strategy at the level of abusiness and competitive strategy at the level of an entire company?
C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel, in their article:The core competence of the corporation, 1990
What's the use of running if you are not on the right road
German Prover
I claim not to have controlled events,but confess plainly that events have controlled me
Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865, sixteenth American president
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 close things
Miyamoto Musashi 1584-1645, legendaryJapanese swordsman
Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances
Sun Tzu c. 490 BC, Chinese military strategist
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