If you stand by the river long enough, you'll see the body of your enemy float by. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard. — 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. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“By discovering the enemy’s dispositions and remaining invisible ourselves, we can keep our forces concentrated, while the enemy’s must be divided.” — 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
The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition… — 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
Therefore, to estimate the enemy situation and to calculate distances and the degree of difficulty of the terrain so as to control… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
You can ensure the success of your attacks if you only attack places that are undefended. You can ensure the safety of… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him. It follows that those skilled in war can make themselves invincible but… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Invincibility is in oneself, and vulnerability is in the opponent. Invincibility is a matter of defense, vulnerability is a matter of attack.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against 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
Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Being unconquerable lies with yourself; being conquerable lies with your enemy. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. — 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
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
