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title: "Best War Quotations by Sun Tzu"
description: "409 War quotes by Sun Tzu. Plus more from Sun Tzu and more War sayings from other authors."
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> [If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-this-is-long-delayed-weapons-are-blunted-and-morale-depressed/)

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> [If you are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-you-are-strong-appear-weak-but-if-you-are-weak-appear-strong/)

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> [Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/spies-cannot-be-usefully-employed-without-a-certain-intuitive-sagacity/)

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> [“do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/do-many-calculations-lead-to-victory-and-few-calculations-to-defeat/)

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> [“Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/even-the-finest-sword-plunged-into-salt-water-will-eventually-rust/)

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> [“If his forces are united, separate them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-his-forces-are-united-separate-them/)

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> [The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-peak-efficiency-of-knowledge-and-strategy-is-to-make-conflict/)

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> [He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/he-will-win-who-knows-how-to-handle-both-superior-and-inferior-forces/)

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> [Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/carefully-compare-the-opposing-army-with-your-own-so-that-you-may/)

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> [The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy, without letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-military-has-no-constant-form-just-as-water-has-no-constant-shape/)

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> [“One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/one-hundred-victories-in-one-hundred-battles-is-not-the-most-skillful/)

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> [Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/therefore-a-victorious-army-first-wins-and-then-seeks-battle-a/)

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> [“The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-whole-secret-lies-in-confusing-the-enemy-so-that-he-cannot-fathom/)

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> [A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/a-military-operation-involves-deception-even-though-you-are-competent/)

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> [“Ground on which we can only be saved from destruction by fighting without delay, is desperate ground.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/ground-on-which-we-can-only-be-saved-from-destruction-by-fighting/)

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> [Perfection in war lies in so sapping your opponents will that he surrenders without fighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/perfection-in-war-lies-in-so-sapping-your-opponents-will-that-he/)

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> [“Master Sun So it is said that if you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/master-sun-so-it-is-said-that-if-you-know-others-and-know-yourself/)

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> [“The Book of Army Management says: On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough: hence the institution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-book-of-army-management-says-on-the-field-of-battle-the-spoken/)

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> [Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/unhappy-is-the-fate-of-one-who-tries-to-win-his-battles-and-succeed/)

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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/)

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> [If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-however-you-are-indulgent-but-unable-to-make-your-authority-felt/)

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> [Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/hence-the-saying-if-you-know-the-enemy-and-you-know-yourself-your/)

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

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> [“When Lionel Giles began his translation of Sun Tzu's ART OF WAR, the work was virtually unknown in Europe. Its introduction to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-lionel-giles-began-his-translation-of-sun-tzu-s-art-of-war-the-3/)

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> [Getting people to fight by letting the force of momentum work is like rolling logs and rocks. Logs and rocks are still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/getting-people-to-fight-by-letting-the-force-of-momentum-work-is-like/)

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> [Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness; Without subtle ingenuity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/spies-cannot-be-usefully-employed-without-a-certain-intuitive-2/)

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> [There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/there-are-three-ways-in-which-a-ruler-can-bring-misfortune-on-his/)

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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.…](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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> [When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-your-weapons-are-dulled-and-ardour-damped-your-strength/)

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> [“When Lionel Giles began his translation of Sun Tzu's ART OF WAR, the work was virtually unknown in Europe. Its introduction to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-lionel-giles-began-his-translation-of-sun-tzu-s-art-of-war-the-2/)

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> [There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/there-are-not-more-than-five-musical-notes-yet-the-combinations-of/)

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> [All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/all-warfare-is-based-on-deception-therefore-when-capable-feign/)

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> [Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/let-your-plans-be-dark-and-impenetrable-as-night/)

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> [“The art of war is of vital importance to the State.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-art-of-war-is-of-vital-importance-to-the-state/)

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> [Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/who-does-not-know-the-evils-of-war-cannot-appreciate-its-benefits/)

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> [In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-war-then-let-your-great-object-be-victory-not-lengthy-campaigns/)

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> [What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/what-is-essential-in-war-is-victory-not-prolonged-operations/)

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> [Attack where he is unprepared; sally forth when he does not expect you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/attack-where-he-is-unprepared-sally-forth-when-he-does-not-expect-you/)

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> [If a battle can not be won do not fight it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-a-battle-can-not-be-won-do-not-fight-it/)

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> [He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/he-will-win-who-prepared-himself-waits-to-take-the-enemy-unprepared/)

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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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                        "text": "Getting people to fight by letting the force of momentum work is like rolling logs and rocks. Logs and rocks are still when in a secure place, but roll on an incline; they remain stationary if square, they roll if round. Therefore, when people are skillfully led into battle, the momentum is like that of round rocks rolling down a high mountain -- this is force.",
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                        "text": "Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness; Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports; Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of warfare; If a secret piece of news is divulged by a spy before the time is ripe, he must be put to death together with the man to whom the secret was told.",
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                        "text": "When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And even though you have wise counsellors, none will be able to lay good plans for the future. Thus, while we have heard of blundering swiftness in war, we have not yet seen a clever operation that was prolonged.",
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                        "text": "There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.There are not more than five primary colors, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted.",
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