“The synergy may exist only in the mind of the strategist and not in the mind of the customers.”— Paul B. Carroll, amazon.com
“To deliberate maturely and execute promptly is the way to conduct it to advantage.”— George Washington, mountvernon.org
“I taught him that in order to be the best, you don't have to outwardly hone your craft. But in privacy, hone your craft. People don't have to know how hard you work to get something.”— Jaz-O (Jay-Z's mentor), amazon.com
“In the dog world, when a dog is in an unstable state and you try to reassure them by giving affection, the dog sees you as being in the weaker state than their own. The canine species can read human energy. They read sympathy as weak energy. With their primal instinct to have order in their pack, it…”— Sharon Maguire, dogbreedinfo.com
“The loyalty of followers comes from self-interest. When they determine that their leader is no longer acting in their self-interest, their sense of loyalty collapses.”— Cyrus, amazon.com
“Allow me to pause and emphasize this general rule: Success always calls for greater generosity—though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed.”— Xenophon, amazon.com
“'Their country fights as their ally.' 'How do you mean?' 'By starving to death a multitude that is too vastly numerous.'”— Aeschylus, amazon.com
“Remember: Never be slow replenishing your supplies. You'll always be on better terms with your allies if you can secure your own provisions and you'll increase the loyalty of your soldiers. Give them all they need and your troops will follow you to the ends of the earth.”— Cambyses, amazon.com
“The only inexcusable offense in a commanding officer is to be surprised.”— General Ridgway, amazon.com
“You must not fight too often with one enemy or you will teach him all your art at war.”— Napoleon, amazon.com
“Caesar acquitted himself brilliantly in a situation which he stupidly found himself.”— Stacey Schiff, amazon.com
“Don't summon people to your office. It frightens them. Go see them in their office. Makes you visible around the office.”— David Oglivy, amazon.com
“[We] out to enter more deeply into the aesthetic and ethical point of view of [our] opponents. Do that first in any controversy, when was the point and your opponent will follow.”— William James, amazon.com
“Sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.”— Marshall "Bomber" Harris, amazon.com
“I'll answer you as the Creoles do—If you have a hog that eats chickens, you may put out its on eye, you may put out its other eye, but it will still eat chickens whenever it can.”— Toussaint Louverture, amazon.com