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title: "8 Capture Quotes By Sun Tzu"
description: "8 Capture quotes by Sun Tzu. Plus more from Sun Tzu and more Capture sayings from other authors."
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> [It is sufficient to estimate the enemy situation correctly and to concentrate your strength to capture him. There is no more to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-sufficient-to-estimate-the-enemy-situation-correctly-and-to/)

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

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> [“it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-better-to-recapture-an-army-entire-than-to-destroy-it-to/)

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

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> [In executing an Artful Strategy: When ten times greater, surround them; When five times greater, attack them; When two times greater, scatter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-executing-an-artful-strategy-when-ten-times-greater-surround-them/)

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

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> [“There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: (1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction; (2) cowardice, which leads to capture;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/there-are-five-dangerous-faults-which-may-affect-a-general-1/)

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

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> [To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-capture-the-enemy-s-entire-army-is-better-than-to-destroy-it-to/)

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

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> [To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-capture-an-enemies-army-is-better-than-to-destroy-it/)

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

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> [There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture; a hasty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/there-are-five-dangerous-faults-which-may-affect-a-general/)

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

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> [Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/therefore-the-skillful-leader-subdues-the-enemy-s-troops-without-any/)

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

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## Other authors on Capture

## 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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