“These military devices, leading to victory, must not be divulged beforehand.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against him. — 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
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm — 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
“Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition… — 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
When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Bestow rewards without regard to rule, issue orders without regard to previous arrangements; and you will be able to handle a whole… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him. It follows that those skilled in war can make themselves invincible but… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“When an invading force crosses a river in its onward march, do not advance to meet it in mid-stream. It will be… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEM 1. Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take… — 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
In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise:… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
We cannot enter into alliance with neighbouring princes until we are acquainted with their designs. We are not fit to lead an… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do not try… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“When Lionel Giles began his translation of Sun Tzu's ART OF WAR, the work was virtually unknown in Europe. Its introduction to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“The Giles' edition of the ART OF WAR, as stated above, was a scholarly work.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefitted. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions. — 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 Image
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 Image
Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“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 Image
Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
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 Image
“So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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