Strategy, a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim. It is important to have a strategy for success. May these quotes inspire you to get clear on your strategy for your life.
1. “A vision without a strategy remains an illusion.” Lee Bolman
2. “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter
3. “You cannot be everything to everyone. If you decide to go north, you cannot go south at the same time.” Jeroen De Flander
4. “Strategy without process is little more than a wish list.” Robert Filek
5. “Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.” Michael Porter
6. “Hope is not a strategy.” Vince Lombardi
7. “In reality strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.” Jack Welch
8. “Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.” Michael Porter
9. “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Sun Tzu
10. “Failure is nothing more than a chance to revise your strategy.” Anonymous
11. “Strategy is a fancy word for coming up with a long-term plan and putting it into action.” Ellie Pidot
12. “Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to succeed, but more importantly, what’s your plan to succeed?” Jim Rohn
13. “There’s only one growth strategy: work hard.” William Hague
14. “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” Sir Winston Churchill
15. “Without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless.” Morris Chang
16. “Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.” Peter Drucker
17. “A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.” Michael LeBoeuf
18. “Strategy is style of thinking, a conscious and deliberate process, an intensive implementation system, the science of insuring future success.” Pete Johnson
19. “Always start at the end before you begin.” Robert Kiyosaki
20. “Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results.” Larry Bossidy
21. “A strategy is necessary because the future is unpredictable.” Robert Waterman
22. “Be real and adjust your strategy according to honest results.” Charles Caleb Colton
23. “When your headlights aren’t on, the best rearview mirror available isn’t likely to improve your driving.” Marth Rogers
24. “The best content in the world won’t drive revenue if nobody sees it.” Anonymous
25. “Make generosity part of your growth strategy.” Anonymous
26. “You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.” Charles de Gaulle
27. “I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.” Jack Canfield
28. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. in a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” Mark Zuckerberg
29. “Perfect moves hold you back from moves at all.” Anonymous
30. “There is only one winning strategy. It is to carefully define the target market and direct a superior offering to that target market.” Philip Kotler
31. “Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.” Seth Godin
32. “The best marketing strategy ever: Care.” Gary Vaynerchuck
33. “Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.” Michael Porter
34. “Creating value for humanity should not be an afterthought but a core business strategy.” Anonymous
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Excellent Prafful
I love it!
The quote “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat” is not from Sun Tzu, at least not in any of the major translations. It is so commonly misattributed that even book editors have let it slip through. It doesn’t really appear until 2002 and the Giles translation (the most famous and widely used) was from 1910.
Not sure it really matters as it is a great line and, at least from my readings of Sun Tzu, it is something with which he would have agreed.
Ok, thanks for the clarification Dex
Do we know where it really comes from? I am writing a persuasive argument essay and would love to use this quote.
Thanks!
Hi Donna, look for the book in which Sun Tzu said that.
heres my quote, “If you always look first you may never get to leap.” And, “If nothing holds you back in life youll never go forward.”-Braden I hope you like them.
Thanks for sharing Braden I like it