And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle … They conquer by strategy. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never peril. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“15. Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The one who figures on victory at headquarters before even doing battle is the one who has the most strategic factors on… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Know yourself and you will win all battles. Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Getting people to fight by letting the force of momentum work is like rolling logs and rocks. Logs and rocks are still… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Therefore I say: know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough; hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There are only five notes in the musical scale, but their variations are so many that they cannot all be heard. There… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
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… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“The PEOPLE being regarded as the essential part of the State, and FOOD as the people's heaven, is it not right that those in… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
