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

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> [“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/supreme-excellence-consists-of-breaking-the-enemy-s-resistance/)

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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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> [Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/ultimate-excellence-lies-not-in-winning-every-battle-but-in-defeating/)

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> [To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-see-victory-only-when-it-is-within-the-ken-of-the-common-herd-is/)

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> [“Neither is it the acme of excellence if you fight and conquer and the whole Empire says, “Well done!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/neither-is-it-the-acme-of-excellence-if-you-fight-and-conquer-and-the/)

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> [Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/subjugating-the-enemy-s-army-without-fighting-is-the-true-pinnacle-of/)

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> [Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/supreme-excellence-consists-in-breaking-the-enemy-s-resistance/)

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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/)

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> [The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-supreme-excellence-is-not-to-win-a-hundred-victories-in-a-hundred/)

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> [ “\[T\]o fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/t-o-fight-and-conquer-in-all-your-battles-is-not-supreme-excellence/)

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## 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/)

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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/)

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> [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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