"It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments."

Strategy, Honesty, Deception, Reputation

17

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments."

Exlpore more Strategy quotes

"You see a wile, you thwart. Am I right?"

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Strategy, Trickery, Cleverness, Action, Justice

"We overemphasise miracles when we are supposed to be planning and be thinking forward."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Strategy, Miracles, Planning, Forward, Vision

"So we get a plan," I said. "Any suggestions?""Blow up the building," Kincaid said without looking up. "That works good for vampires. Then soak what's left in gasoline. Set it on fire. Then blow it all up again.""For future reference, I was sort of hoping for a suggestion that didn't sound like it came from that Bolshevik Muppet with all the dynamite."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Strategy, Destruction, Humor, Action

"Was mutual need enough to risk trusting a calculated enemy in hopes of destroying a more powerful one?"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Strategy, Trust, Truth, Power, Regret

"A general is like a writer who wants to write a play, or a book, but whom the book itself, with the unexpected options that it reveals at one point, the impasse it presents at another, causes to deviate extensively from his preconceived plan."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Strategy, Planning, Uncertainty, Creativity

"Fish rule the waters, but can be caught using worms. Birds rule the air, but can be caught using grain."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Strategy, Fishing, Bait, Worms, Catch

"When you start a fire, be to windward of it. Do not attack from the leeward."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Strategy, Fire, Planning, Action

"When a team is in possession of the ball, but cannot advance its agenda any further, they have to 'drop back and punt.' Doing this requires that they step back to regroup, reassess, and reorganize their strategy in pursuit of winning the game. When you are faced with change and apply this regrouping process, you are better equipped to make decisions for your next steps. Rather than settling back into old habits and doing what you've always done, create something fresh, new, and awesome."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Strategy, Inspirational, Power, Wisdom, Future

"A good strategy tells you not only what specifically needs to accomplish, but WHY."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

Strategy, Planning, Focus, Success

"A hunter who is going to shoot an antelope does not waste his bullets on the dog."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Strategy, Focus, Efficiency, Hunting, Priorities

Explore more quotes by Brandon Sanderson

"The only time you seem honest is when you're insulting someone!"The only honest things I can say to you are insults."

Honesty

"Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be...free."

Freedom

"The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don't you know anything about basic economics?"

Strategy

"My life to yours. My breath become yours."

Devotion

"Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours."Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?"Wax: "My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study"Ranette: "Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax."

Humor

"You'll want something mid-range. A 5.56 all right?""I suppose.""AR-15?""Ugh. AR-15? I'd rather not have my gun break down on me every second week." Besides, every wannabe and their dog had an M16 or M4 variant these days."G7.""Not accurate enough.""FAL?""A 7.62? Maybe," I said. "Though I hate the triggers.""As picky as a woman with her shoes," Abraham grumbled."Hey," I said. "That's insulting." I knew plenty of women who were pickier with their guns than they were with their shoes."

Humor

"I let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what it sounded like."

Expression

"My name is David Charleston.I kill people with super powers."

Power

"Never go on a date unarmed. Words of wisdom from my father. Well, my foster father. I was an orphan, of course. The best kings always are."

Advice

"More wine," Lightsong said, raising his cup."You can't get drunk, Your Grace," Llarimar noted. "Your body is immune to all toxins.""I know," Lightsong said as a lesser servant filled his cup. "But trust me-I'm quite good at pretending."

Humor