depend on your own forces. Занимай командные высоты.

(contd.) However, if we desire to examine this argument thoroughly, it is necessary to consider whether these innovators act on their own or are dependent on others; that is, if they are forced to beg for help or are able to employ force in conducting their affairs. In the first case, they always come to a bad end and never accomplish anything. But when they depend upon their own resources and can use force, then only seldom do they run risk of grave danger. From this comes the fact that all armed prophets were victorious and unarmed came to ruin. For, besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature: it is easy to convince them of sth, but difficult to hold them in that conviction. Therefore affairs should be managed in such a way that when they no longer believe, they can be made to believe by force. (N.Machiavelli)