In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“One mark of a great soldier is that he fights on his own terms or fights not at all.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Perfection in war lies in so sapping your opponents will that he surrenders without fighting. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Getting people to fight by letting the force of momentum work is like rolling logs and rocks. Logs and rocks are still… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become as it were like unto rolling logs or stones. For it is the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Do not press an enemy at bay. Prince Fu Ch'ai said: "Wild beasts, when at bay, fight desperately. How much more is… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
With regard to ground of this nature, be before the enemy in occupying the raised and sunny spots, and carefully guard your… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
All warfare is based on deception. If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight and… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
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… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“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… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
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… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
