Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The Art of War:Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. - Oh! You didn't even deserve to be one. Unfriend! — Yvonne Urlanda Copy Share Image
It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy, without letting… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger;… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do not try… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“When Lionel Giles began his translation of Sun Tzu's ART OF WAR, the work was virtually unknown in Europe. Its introduction to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Whoever is the first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight... Therefore the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans, the next best is to prevent the junction of the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“The Sun Tzu School (which wrote the Art of War) surely never imagined that their antiwar, pro-empire treatise would become known and… — David G. Jones Copy Share Image
Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The world will continue to change dramatically, but fighting and war can destroy us utterly. What we need now are techniques of… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the… — Arnold Toynbee Copy Share Image
When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Now a soldier's spirit is keenest in the morning; by noonday it has begun to flag; and in the evening, his mind… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
And when neither their property nor honour is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
And above all you ought to guard against leading an army to fight which is afraid or which is not confident of… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
One definition of the wicked is that they will resort to whatever means are necessary to achieve their ends. Therefore, if those… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty… — Horatio Alger Copy Share Image
I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
When I have won a victory I do not repeat my tactics but respond to circumstances in an infinite variety of ways. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Women are so much a part of war, even if they tend to see another side of it. To say they don't… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
“The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
With regard to ground of this nature, be before the enemy in occupying the raised and sunny spots, and carefully guard your… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“many words. "Sun Tzu's 13 Chapters and Wu Ch'i's Art of War are the two books that people commonly refer to on… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
