Strategic Timing Quotes

Whenever the competition is sleeping is when I shine.

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense. Benefits ought to be handed out drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

The wise wait for their moment, but never let it pass.

I must give a most emphatic warning, in the interest of our common cause, of the grave danger with which further delay in opening a second front in France is fraught

The man of true genius never lives before his time, he never undertakes impossibilities, and always embarks on his enterprise at the suitable place and period. Though he may catch a glimpse of the coming light as it gilds the mountain top long before it reaches the eyes of his contemporaries, and he may hazard a prediction as to the future, he acts with the present.

Photography is like fencing. You must keep your distance, wait, and then thrust.

The warrior of Light perseveres in his desire, but knows he must wait for the best moment.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.

Synchronize the presentation of diplomatic notes with the arrival ... of a first-class warship with landing forces.

The timing of your decision is just as important as the decision you make.

Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.

I've been lucky to be at companies that have been at interesting intersections at the time I've been able to run them and lead them.

I'll hit them when it matters.

If the first entrant always wins the market, the Dreamcast must have won the race against the PS2, for example. There are many precedents like that in the past. The first to market is not necessarily the winner in the race.

If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover.

The best results are achieved by using the right amount of effort in the right place at the right time. And this right amount is usually less than we think we need.

It just seemed the timing of it was a little bit of pandering to the public at a time of an election.

Timing is to statecraft what location is to real estate. You have to seize it.

He marries best who puts it off until it is too late.

As a member of Congress, I'm often reminded that in baseball, as in diplomacy, you have to know when to hit, when to run, and when to show grace.

I am aware that success is more than a good idea. It is timing too.

'Luck' is recognizing when the situation encourages build out and execution.

You know the trait of a crocodile, don't you? It never hunts outside water. It always goes into the water to catch its prey. It never goes in the villages or in the bush looking for food. It strikes at the appropriate time. So a good guerrilla leader strikes at the appropriate time.

If a Chancellor is trying to push something through, he must be a man of power. And if he's smart, he knows when the time is ripe. In one case - the euro - I was like a dictator... The euro is a synonym for Europe.