Here is a list of our favorite strategy quotes—old and new classics.
Some people have the gift to boil down complex issues into short, catchy statements. May it be with humor, charm, fighting spirit, or simply wisdom. In doing so, they inspire others to question their habitual ways of thinking and acting and even pursue entirely new paths in life. Below you will find our collection of inspirational, Strategy quotes, and We intend to follow one strategy: to reach out to each and every person in the selecting neighborhood to actually implement the strategy. For the achievement process, here are some quotes from prominent figures on the subject.
Inspirational strategy quotes to inspire you
1. “When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy.” — Timothy McVeigh
2. “We are running out of time. We need a strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave.” — Max Cleland
3. “Lot of companies are looking for advisory work on business strategy, restructuring work.” — Phaneesh Murthy quotes on strategy
4. “We adopted a focused strategy of core businesses in Citicorp that play to our unique historic strengths as a global bank that will provide strong growth and attractive returns over the long-term… And we’ve identified non-core assets we have shed.” — Michael Corbat
5. “Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon’s southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.” — Deborah Kass
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6. “The apparent strategy of Pfizer is to take over AstraZeneca, dismember it, and put the different parts of it into its three new divisions, with the ultimate aim of selling off one or more.” — David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
7. “The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran all contribute to core goals of U.S. policy in those countries.” — Cynthia P. Schneider
8. “Announcers don’t do enough of the cat-and-mouse strategy and all the work that goes into it. You watch a broadcast and guys get the pitches wrong.” — Al Leiter quotes for strategy
9. “Free-to-play isn’t a business model. Free-to-play is a marketing strategy. It’s a way to get people over the hump of trying out your game. It gets rid of the friction that happens when you charge an upfront fee.” — Mitch Lasky
10. “We owe our troops more than rhetoric; we owe them a real plan. The Administration has yet to put forward a strategy for achieving stability in Iraq, ending the conflict, and handing over sovereignty to the people of Iraq and the new Iraqi government.” — Dennis Cardoza
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11. “Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.” — Anita Brookner
12. “Being tough on China is one thing. Being completely erratic with no strategy and dragging businesses and farmers through the mud, using them as pawns in the game, is not the way to beat China.” — Tim Ryan
13. “Culture used to be viewed as the ‘touchy-feely’ side of business, but that’s no longer the case. If you don’t have a defined culture behind you, then you aren’t going to be effective at executing your strategy.” — Peggy Johnson
14. “When you get to the tee on a really long par 5, I know what you’re feeling. You want to let the shaft out on the driver and try to bomb it down there. I get the same feeling. But a big tee shot is not always the best strategy, especially on a long hole.” — Ernie Els
15. “Phones remain a critical component of the Microsoft device portfolio and an important piece of our mobility strategy, but a restructuring is in order.” — B. Kevin Turner marketing strategy quotes
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16. “Enforcement is a very important part of the administration strategy. We think that even our friendly nations should live by the rules, and if they don’t, we will intend to enforce things against them.” — Wilbur Ross
17. “Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it’s safer just to reinforce it. The strategy creates a perverse system of rewards and punishments.” — Tina Brown
18. “Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend. The national mental health strategy recognises the important role adult learning can play for people recovering from mental illness.” — David Blunkett
19. “What do the Left’s tactics have to do with me or my ability to counter them with smart policy, solid media strategy, innovative marketing, effective delivery, creative projects, and youth outreach? Nothing.” — Jedediah Bila
20. “In my world, historical revenue is the least interesting thing to consider in an acquisition strategy. The goal is to acquire technology that is on your product roadmap or people that fit culturally within your organization and help you execute on your roadmap faster.” — Brad Feld
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21. “We need a better strategy to achieve the national goal of a stable population, healthier and better educated.” — Rajiv Gandhi
22. “We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.” — Randall L. Stephenson
23. “Our strategy is gaming for the masses.” — Reggie Fils-Aime content strategy quotes
24. “Being steadfast and immovable with our heels in tar on the Lord’s side of the line is the only strategy that works long-term against Lucifer.” — Sheri L. Dew
25. “So if you want a really effective criminal justice strategy, you don’t build bigger prisons, you invest money in young kids – and you accept that it’s going to take years to work through, but it’s a more effective strategy.” — Keir Starmer
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26. “I started to invest in very-early-stage companies where, even though I wasn’t the founder, I could help shape the early strategy and culture.” — Aneel Bhusri
27. “Arafat conducts terror; his strategy is the strategy of terror.” — Ariel Sharon
28. “My theory on an existing crisis is that you have to be very strategic about each case’s unique elements. If a crisis involves a legal component, you need a communication strategy that complements the company’s legal objective. A strategy for a plea deal is different than a case going to trial.” — Judy Smith
29. “Every few years, you have to change your strategy. You have to look at how the world is mutating, and mutate. Not in the same way but in parallel.” — Genesis P-Orridge
30. “’Cyber-security’ is one of those hot topics that has launched a thousand seminars and strategy papers without producing much in the way of policy.” — David Ignatius
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31. “The UPA’s strategy of ‘inclusive growth’ remains the foundational pillar of economically, politically, and socially sustainable development.” — Sanjaya Baru
32. “Engagement and integrity are the two most fundamental aspects of building trust; lead from the front by evolving your company strategy, then live your values every day.” — Richard Edelman
33. “The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy – Actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on – but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well.” — Vladimir Kramnik quotes on strategy and execution
34. “I agree with the President that second-guessing is not a strategy, but at the same time, I want to continue the dialogue that ultimately will lead to bringing all of our troops home.” — Howard Coble
35. “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
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36. “No president can amend the past, and the public is tired of candidates who simply point fingers instead of offering their own solutions. They want a leader who will describe the threats as they are and rally the country behind a strategy to defeat them.” — Pete Hoekstra
37. “If we’re talking about transportation, the best thing a city can do is densify as quickly as it can. That needs to be said every time this issue comes up, because it’s the only universal strategy that works.” — Alex Steffen
38. “Adding to your list of enemies is never a sound strategy, yet ISIS’ ferocious campaign against the Shia, Kurds, Yazidis, Christians, and Muslims who don’t precisely share its views has united every ethnic and religious group in Syria and Iraq against them.” — Peter Bergen
39. “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” — Sir Winston Churchill
40. “If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.” — Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO of Amazon
Inspirational Quotes On Strategy
41. “Strategy is the economy of forces.” — Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz, Prussian general, military theorist, and writer
42. “The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption.” — Clayton Christensen, American economist best known for coining the term disruptive innovation.
43. “Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.” — Jim Collins & Jerry Porras in their book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
44. “Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.” — Henry Mintzberg, management thinker and “enfant terrible” of strategic planning theory
45. “The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no technique, no program, just a sharp mind in touch with the situation.” — and again Henry Mintzberg
