When you go to buy, don’t show your silver

Chinese Proverb

If you don’t have a competitive advantage

don’t compete.”

Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.

Chris Dixon

Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.

Jimmy Spithill

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Jonathan Kozol

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?

Virgil

President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the president's vision and courage.

Ken Salazar

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Anita Brookner

And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.

Aleksander Kwasniewski

The characteristics of successful business people, whether they are male or female, are very similar. It's about determination, it's about enthusiasm, it's about strategy, it's about communication, it's about integrity. And sometimes men and women display those differently but fundamentally they are the same qualities.

Karren Brady

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.

Naveen Jain

You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.

Jack Welch