quotes by Sun Tzu

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself,
you will succumb in every battle"
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War, Special Edition)

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

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— Sun Tzu

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win"
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
— Sun Tzu

"All warfare is based on deception."
— Sun Tzu

"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"
— Sun Tzu

""When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise."
— Sun Tzu

"Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: (1)
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. (2) He
will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
(3) He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout
all its ranks. (4) He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take
the enemy unprepared. (5) He will win who has military capacity and
is not interfered with by the sovereign."
— Sun Tzu

"Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across."
— Sun Tzu

"Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you
move, fall like a thunderbolt."
— Sun Tzu

"Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"know yourself and you will win all battles"
— Sun Tzu

"No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his
own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.
If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay
where you are.
Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded
by content.
But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again
into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life."
— Sun Tzu

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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— Sun Tzu

"Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent s fate."
— Sun Tzu

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

"When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press
a desperate foe too hard."
— Sun Tzu

"Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust."
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
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— Sun Tzu

"If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."
— Sun Tzu

"You have to believe in yourself. "
— Sun Tzu

"It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war
that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on."
— Sun Tzu

"To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the
opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."
— Sun Tzu

"The control of a large force is the same principle
as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up
their numbers."
— Sun Tzu

"Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground
over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation
to the foe whom he is facing."
— Sun Tzu

"In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack--the
direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to
an endless series of maneuvers."
— Sun Tzu

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"When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.""
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine"
— Sun Tzu

"If quick, I survive.
If not quick, I am lost.
This is "death.""
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one,
to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous,
to divide our army into two."
— Sun Tzu

"A leader leads by example, not by force"
— Sun Tzu

"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
— Sun Tzu

""When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders'."
— Sun Tzu

""Si utilizas al enemigo para derrotar al enemigo, serás poderoso en cualquier lugar a donde vayas" "
— Sun Tzu

"All war is based on deception."
— Sun Tzu

"There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. "
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. "
— Sun Tzu

"In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns."
— Sun Tzu

"Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack."
— Sun Tzu

"Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory."
— Sun Tzu

"If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But, if orders are clear and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their oficers."
— Sun Tzu

"All warfare are based on deception"
— Sun Tzu (Sun-Tzu: The Art of War)

"A leader leads by example not by force."
— Sun Tzu

"Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it."
— Sun Tzu

"He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious."
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)