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title: "14 Attack Quotes By Sun Tzu"
description: "14 Attack quotes by Sun Tzu. Plus more from Sun Tzu and more Attack sayings from other authors."
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> [Attack the enemy's strategy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/attack-the-enemy-s-strategy/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [“Attack by Stratagem”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/attack-by-stratagem/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [“When you start a fire, be to windward of it. Do not attack from the leeward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-you-start-a-fire-be-to-windward-of-it-do-not-attack-from-the/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/attack-like-the-fire-and-be-still-as-the-mountain/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [Attack where he is unprepared; sally forth when he does not expect you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/attack-where-he-is-unprepared-sally-forth-when-he-does-not-expect-you/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/what-is-of-supreme-importance-in-war-is-to-attack-the-enemy-s-strategy/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/thus-what-is-of-supreme-importance-in-war-is-to-attack-the-enemy-s/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [“Supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/supreme-importance-in-war-is-to-attack-the-enemy-s-strategy/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/attack-him-where-he-is-unprepared-appear-where-you-are-not-expected/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [Those skilled in attack move as from above the nine-fold heavens. Thus they are capable both of protecting themselves and of gaining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/those-skilled-in-attack-move-as-from-above-the-nine-fold-heavens-thus/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [“A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/a-clever-general-therefore-avoids-an-army-when-its-spirit-is-keen-but/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-we-know-that-our-own-men-are-in-a-condition-to-attack-but-are-2/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [“In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack--the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-battle-there-are-not-more-than-two-methods-of-attack-the-direct/)

[sun tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [“Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/hence-when-able-to-attack-we-must-seem-unable-when-using-our-forces/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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## Other authors on Attack

## More by Sun Tzu

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-the-rule-in-war-if-our-forces-are-ten-to-the-enemy-s-one-to/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-according-to-the-shapes-that-i-lay-the-plans-for-victory-but/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/go-into-emptiness-strike-voids-bypass-what-he-defends-hit-him-where/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-a-similar-way-the-art-of-war-pinpoints-anger-and-greed-as/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-people-being-regarded-as-the-essential-part-of-the-state-and-food/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/therefore-the-good-fighter-will-be-terrible-in-his-onset-and-prompt/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-enemy-s-spies-who-have-come-to-spy-on-us-must-be-sought-out/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [“So long as victory can be attained,  stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/so-long-as-victory-can-be-attained-stupid-haste-is-preferable-to/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/you-can-ensure-the-safety-of-your-defense-if-you-only-hold-positions/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [“Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/hence-when-able-to-attack-we-must-seem-unable-when-using-our-forces/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-we-do-not-wish-to-fight-we-can-prevent-the-enemy-from-engaging-us/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-general-who-wins-a-battle-makes-many-calculations-in-his-temple/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-all-fighting-the-direct-method-may-be-used-for-joining-battle-but/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [“To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-begin-by-bluster-but-afterwards-to-take-fright-at-the-enemy-s/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

> [ They \[spies\] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/they-spies-cannot-be-properly-managed-without-benevolence-and/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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