Battle Quotes by Sun Tzu

“One may know how to conquer without being able to do it. ”

— Sun Tzu

If a battle can not be won do not fight it.

— Sun Tzu

Know the enemy and know yourself.

— Sun Tzu

All battles are won before they start.

— Sun Tzu

“Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.”

— Sun Tzu

Know thy self, know thy enemy.

— Sun Tzu

“The wise warrior avoids the battle.”

— Sun Tzu

Every battle is won before it is fought.

— Sun Tzu

Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never peril.

— Sun Tzu

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle

— Sun Tzu

Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.

— Sun Tzu

Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.

— Sun Tzu

Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.

— Sun Tzu

Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all.

— Sun Tzu

Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.

— Sun Tzu

And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.

— Sun Tzu

If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is…

— Sun Tzu

Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed.

— Sun Tzu

You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with…

— Sun Tzu

“One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.”

— Sun Tzu

Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of…

— Sun Tzu

To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is…

— Sun Tzu

The one who figures on victory at headquarters before even doing battle is the one who has the most strategic factors on…

— Sun Tzu

The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies…

— Sun Tzu

When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling…

— Sun Tzu

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the…

— Sun Tzu

Therefore I say: know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are…

— Sun Tzu

On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough; hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and…

— Sun Tzu

Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their…

— Sun Tzu

The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the…

— Sun Tzu

“Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses…

— Sun Tzu

When you do battle, even if you are winning, if you continue for a long time it will dull your forces and…

— Sun Tzu

There are only five notes in the musical scale, but their variations are so many that they cannot all be heard. There…

— Sun Tzu

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

— Sun Tzu

A battle avoided cannot be lost.

— Sun Tzu

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

— Sun Tzu

Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle … They conquer by strategy.

— Sun Tzu

The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.

— Sun Tzu

If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.

— Sun Tzu

“first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle;  if you will not begin with stratagem but…

— Sun Tzu