Miyamoto Musashi Quotes About Strategy

Quotes about: Strategy

• Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast….Of course, slowness is bad. Really skillful people never get out of time, and are always deliberate, and never appear busy.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  People, Doe, Way

  Miyamoto Musashi, Victor Harris (2007). “A Book of Five Rings: With the Unfettered Mind”

• Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Strong, Procrastination, Sight

  Miyamoto Musashi, Victor Harris (2007). “A Book of Five Rings: With the Unfettered Mind”

• In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Life, Spiritual, Courage

  Miyamoto Musashi (2013). “The Book of Five Rings - The Bestselling, Classic Samurai Guide to Strategy”, p.20, Lulu Press, Inc

• When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  War, Way, Strategy

• Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Meaningful, Warrior, Men

  Miyamoto Musashi (2013). “The Book of Five Rings - The Bestselling, Classic Samurai Guide to Strategy”, p.52, Lulu Press, Inc

• Strategy is the craft of the warrior.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Art, Warrior, Crafts

  Miyamoto Musashi (2013). “The Book of Five Rings - The Bestselling, Classic Samurai Guide to Strategy”, p.4, Lulu Press, Inc

• If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Leadership, Looks, Strategy

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.16, Bottom of the Hill

• Speed is not part of the true Way of strategy. Speed implies that things seem fast or slow, according to whether or not they are in rhythm. Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Doe, Way, Speed

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.42, Bottom of the Hill

• Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Doe, Way, Strategy

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.42, Bottom of the Hill

• In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Everyday, Strategy, Form

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.18, Bottom of the Hill

• There is timing in everything. Timing in strategy cannot be mastered without a great deal of practice.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Practice, Timing, Strategy

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.15, Bottom of the Hill

• The important thing in strategy is to suppress the enemy's useful actions but allow his useless actions

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Enemy, Important, Useless

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.29, Bottom of the Hill

• Thirdly, the gentleman warrior, carrying the weaponry of his way. The way of the warrior is to master the virtue of his weapons. If a gentleman dislikes strategy he will not appreciate the benefit of weaponry, so must he not have a little taste for this?

  Miyamoto Musashi

  War, Appreciate, Gentleman

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.10, Bottom of the Hill

• When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  War, Men, Strategy

  Miyamoto Musashi, Victor Harris (2007). “A Book of Five Rings: With the Unfettered Mind”

• Immature strategy is the cause of grief.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Grief, Immature, Causes

  Miyamoto Musashi (2013). “The Book of Five Rings - The Bestselling, Classic Samurai Guide to Strategy”, p.5, Lulu Press, Inc

• If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  War, Way, Gains

  Miyamoto Musashi (2013). “The Book of Five Rings: A Text on Kenjutsu and the Martial Arts in General, Written by the Swordsman Miyamoto Musashi”, p.32, Lulu Press, Inc

• Cutting down the enemy is the way of strategy, and there is no need for many refinements of it.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  War, Cutting, Enemy

  Miyamoto Musashi, Victor Harris (2007). “A Book of Five Rings: With the Unfettered Mind”

• In contests of strategy it is bad to be led about by the enemy. You must always be able to lead the enemy about.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Enemy, Able, Strategy

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.29, Bottom of the Hill

• The warrior is different in that studying the Way of strategy is based on overcoming men

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Warrior, Men, Overcoming

  Miyamoto Musashi (2013). “The Book of Five Rings: A Text on Kenjutsu and the Martial Arts in General, Written by the Swordsman Miyamoto Musashi”, p.23, Lulu Press, Inc

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