Tactical Quotes

• Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.

  Erwin Rommel

  Errors, Training, Paper

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• Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Tactics And Strategy

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.7, Xist Publishing

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• In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, War, Disposition

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.30, Xist Publishing

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• The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

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• Wisdom is an artful method—a skillful, tactical, fair, and diplomatic use of knowledge.

  Greg Koukl

  Use Of Knowledge, Method, Diplomatic

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• If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Military, Art Of War

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• That which does not kill me, has made a grave tactical error.

  Jerry Pournelle

  Errors, Doe, Made

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• There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.

  George S. Patton

  Military, Mean, Army

  "Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder". Book by Michael Savage. Chapter 1: "More Patton, Less Patent Leather", p. 4, 2005.

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• Greater powers and resources do not guarantee tactical superiority.

  Sun Bin

  Guarantees, Resources, Greater Power

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• I might have made a tactical error not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that didn't pay off.

  Warren Zevon

  Errors, Years, Physicians

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• Your brand of comfort bears some similarity to your tactical offense.

  Kristin Cashore

  Comfort, Bears, Similarity

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.450, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The worst enemy of the strategist is the clock. Time trouble... Reduces us all to pure reflex and reaction, tactical play. Emotion and instinct cloud our strategic vision when there is no time for proper evaluation.

  Garry Kasparov

  Worst Enemy, Play, Clouds

  Garry Kasparov (2010). “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom”, p.30, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• I will have to make tactical decisions, technical decisions and emotional decisions. This time it was a tactical one.

  Tony Adams

  Soccer, Football, Emotional

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• Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.

  Samuel Reshevsky

  Player, Tactics, Chess

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• The quality of people you have around you as a manager is so vital. There are various factors that influence that process; fitness, form and the tactical approach to your opponent are all areas I review on a daily basis.

  Brendan Rodgers

  People, Quality, Opponents

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take a long and circuitous route after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of deviation.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Long

  Sun Tzu (2012). “Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text”, p.118, Tuttle Publishing

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• I hate the idea that someone think the destruction of Chicago as strategic affair, the destruction of Hamburg as a tactical one.

  Helmut Schmidt

  Hate, Thinking, Ideas

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• Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy.

  Omar N. Bradley

  Military, War, Army

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• Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical ploys to encourage further gifts or kindnesses.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Kindness, Expression

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• My books are always tactical, bullet lists, this is what you need to do because I'm trying to appeal to people who are trying to change the world and they need checklists.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Book, People, Trying

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• The commander must be at constant pains to keep his troops abreast of all the latest tactical experience and developments, and must insist on their practical application. He must see to it that his subordinates are trained in accordance with the latest requirements. The best form of welfare for the troops is first-class training, for this saves unnecessary casualties.

  Erwin Rommel

  Pain, Communication, Class

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• Some liberation theologians maintain that they are not influenced by Marxist philosophy at all. In this case it is necessary to discern whether they say this for tactical reasons, so as not to be compromised politically or whether they are really convinced that Marxism doesn't influence them in any way. I personally think that it is not possible to evade the influence of Marxism, as we cannot commit ourselves to the revolutionary struggle without drawing support from the conclusions of scientific socialism.

  Ernesto Cardenal

  Philosophy, Struggle, Thinking

  Source: www.crisismagazine.com

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• Running back-to-back races requires a certain tactical prudence. Going too hard in any one race might jeopardize your performance in another. Maintaining proper hydration and caloric equilibrium also becomes increasingly critical.

  Dean Karnazes

  Running, Hydration, Race

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• Underestimating one's enemy was a classic tactical mistake --- one that was usually born out of stupidity or arrogance or both. (Harry Smith)

  Vince Flynn

  Mistake, Stupidity, Enemy

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• In futsal, you see whether a player is really talented. You notice the small details in quality, class and tactical understanding.

  Xavi

  Player, Class, Understanding

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