"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."
"If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are not in danger, do not fight."
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Source: Sun-tzu, Gerald A Michaelson (2001). “Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules”, p.144, Simon and Schuster
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