The first essential for an attack is the will to attack.

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!

The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made

Focus on lack and you will always struggle to create enough money.

Now go with me and with this holy manInto the chantry by: there, before him, And underneath that consecrated roof, Plight me the full assurance of your faith.

There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.

The physics are simple in theory, but in practice they are filled with the possibility for limitless error.

I'm not comfortable leaving my house. If someone invites me over, I would go but it's not like I'm one to say, 'Hey, let's hang out at your house tonight.'

The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.

Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.

There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as well as religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

I am personally overseeing changes that include the establishment of a global health emergency workforce.

When I got to LA and was with the James Gang, I got the opportunity to write a lot, to play in front of large audiences, make some money.