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title: "Best Enemy Quotations by Sun Tzu"
description: "188 Enemy quotes by Sun Tzu. Plus more from Sun Tzu and more Enemy sayings from other authors."
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> [He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/he-will-win-whose-army-is-animated-by-the-same-spirit-throughout-all/)

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> [First learn to become invincible, then wait for your enemy's moment of vulnerability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/first-learn-to-become-invincible-then-wait-for-your-enemy-s-moment-of/)

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> [“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-you-know-the-enemy-and-know-yourself-you-need-not-fear-the-result/)

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> [Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/attack-is-the-secret-of-defense-defense-is-the-planning-of-an-attack-2/)

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> [If you stand by the river long enough, you'll see the body of your enemy float by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-you-stand-by-the-river-long-enough-you-ll-see-the-body-of-your/)

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> [Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/know-thy-enemy-and-know-thy-self-and-you-will-win-a-hundred-battles/)

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> [Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/invincibility-depends-on-one-s-self-the-enemy-s-vulnerability-on-him-2/)

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> [“Now in order to kill the enemy, our men must be roused to anger; that there may be advantage from defeating the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/now-in-order-to-kill-the-enemy-our-men-must-be-roused-to-anger-that/)

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> [Know the enemy, know yourself; your victory will never be endangered. Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/know-the-enemy-know-yourself-your-victory-will-never-be-endangered/)

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> [“Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/conform-to-the-enemy-s-tactics-until-a-favorable-opportunity-offers/)

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> [As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/as-water-shapes-its-flow-in-accordance-with-the-ground-so-an-army/)

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> [If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-you-are-situated-at-a-great-distance-from-the-enemy-and-the/)

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> [For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/for-to-win-one-hundred-victories-in-one-hundred-battles-is-not-the/)

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> [If I am able to determine the enemy's dispositions while at the same time I conceal my own, then I can concentrate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-i-am-able-to-determine-the-enemy-s-dispositions-while-at-the-same/)

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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/)

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> [This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/this-does-not-mean-that-the-enemy-is-to-be-allowed-to-escape-the/)

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> [By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/by-altering-his-arrangements-and-changing-his-plans-the-skillful/)

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> [Invincibility is in oneself, and vulnerability is in the opponent. Invincibility is a matter of defense, vulnerability is a matter of attack.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/invincibility-is-in-oneself-and-vulnerability-is-in-the-opponent/)

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> [It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-said-that-if-you-know-your-enemies-and-know-yourself-you-will/)

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> [Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/thus-we-may-know-that-there-are-five-essentials-for-victory-he-will/)

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> [It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-the-rule-in-war-if-ten-times-the-enemy-s-strength-surround-them/)

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> [The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-art-of-war-teaches-us-to-rely-not-on-the-likelihood-of-the-enemy/)

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

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> [“He wins his battles by making no mistakes. Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/he-wins-his-battles-by-making-no-mistakes-making-no-mistakes-is-what/)

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> [To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-fight-and-conquer-in-all-our-battles-is-not-supreme-excellence/)

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> [It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-a-doctrine-of-war-not-to-assume-the-enemy-will-not-come-but/)

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> [Birds rising in flight is a sign that the enemy is lying in ambush; when the wild animals are startled and flee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/birds-rising-in-flight-is-a-sign-that-the-enemy-is-lying-in-ambush/)

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> [The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-good-fighters-of-old-first-put-themselves-beyond-the-possibility-2/)

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> [When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-the-enemy-is-at-ease-be-able-to-weary-him-when-well-fed-to/)

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> [It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-essential-to-seek-out-enemy-agents-who-have-come-to-conduct/)

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> [Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/rapidity-is-the-essence-of-war-take-advantage-of-the-enemy-s/)

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> [O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/o-divine-art-of-subtlety-and-secrecy-through-you-we-learn-to-be/)

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> [Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/whoever-is-first-in-the-field-and-awaits-the-coming-of-the-enemy-will/)

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> [He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/he-who-knows-things-and-in-fighting-puts-his-knowledge-into-practice/)

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

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> [Therefore, to estimate the enemy situation and to calculate distances and the degree of difficulty of the terrain so as to control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/therefore-to-estimate-the-enemy-situation-and-to-calculate-distances/)

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> [To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-persuade-your-enemy-to-retreat-before-the-fight-is-to-defeat-them/)

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> [Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/those-who-would-wage-war-should-first-eliminate-all-domestic-enemies/)

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> [We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow passes; (5)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/we-may-distinguish-six-kinds-of-terrain-to-wit-1-accessible-ground-2/)

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> [If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-i-wish-to-engage-then-the-enemy-for-all-his-high-ramparts-and-deep/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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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 must make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/hence-when-able-to-attack-we-must-seem-unable-when-using-our-forces/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [ 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/)

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