Suzanne Collins Quotes

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

Never underestimate opponents.

He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.

Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either.

The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it.

Golden rule of life: never underestimate your rivals.

I tend to think year-by-year and tournament-by-tournament.

You can never make the mistake of underestimating an opponent, especially in the Champions League.

Analysis of opponents is something I like doing.

Time and again, players lose because they make rash decisions. Therefore, you always have to remind yourself - don't hurry. Embarking on a risky combination that cannot be calculated to the end is certainly not the right thing to do.

You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.

Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.

It is sufficient to estimate the enemy situation correctly and to concentrate your strength to capture him. There is no more to it than this. He who lacks foresight and underestimates his enemy will surely be captured by him.

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.

During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk

A military mindset is objectively analyzing a planned course of action and anticipating the likely consequences before you take that action.

If you know you don't have a win, then there's no use for you being in the game.

You want to be an alchemist so badly? Don't wait to react to the immediate problem. Plan ahead. Look at the big picture and you won't ever have to deal with that problem. Better to save yourself from a major catastrophe than drag your feet over a bunch of little inconveniences.

The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do.

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor.

People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.

But the enemy has the move, and he is about to open his full game. And pawns are as likely to see as much of it as any. Sharpen your blade!

He that counts all cost will never put plough in the earth.

Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.

Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their heroism through a feeling of false security.