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title: "Best War Thoughts 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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> [“There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited . . . What is essential in war is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/there-has-never-been-a-protracted-war-from-which-a-country-has-2/)

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> [The successful person has unusual skill at dealing with conflict and ensuring the best outcome for all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-successful-person-has-unusual-skill-at-dealing-with-conflict-and/)

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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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> [If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-the-enemy-has-occupied-them-before-you-do-not-follow-him-but/)

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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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> [“Whether in an advantageous position or a disadvantageous one, the opposite state should be always present to your mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/whether-in-an-advantageous-position-or-a-disadvantageous-one-the/)

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> [With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots, and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/with-regard-to-precipitous-heights-if-you-are-beforehand-with-your/)

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> [When the position is such that neither side will gain by making the first move, it is called temporising ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-the-position-is-such-that-neither-side-will-gain-by-making-the/)

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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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> [So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. Water shapes its course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/so-in-war-the-way-is-to-avoid-what-is-strong-and-to-strike-at-what-is/)

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> [If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-i-determine-the-enemy-s-disposition-of-forces-while-i-have-no/)

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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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> [If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment…](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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> [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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> [If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-words-of-command-are-not-clear-and-distinct-if-orders-are-not-3/)

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> [“Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory is won, whereas he who is destined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/thus-it-is-that-in-war-the-victorious-strategist-only-seeks-battle/)

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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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> [The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-good-fighter-is-able-to-secure-himself-against-defeat-but-cannot/)

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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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> [To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-not-prepare-is-the-greatest-of-crimes-to-be-prepared-beforehand/)

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> [The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not be swayed by petty doubts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-art-of-giving-orders-is-not-to-try-to-rectify-the-minor-blunders/)

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> [Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/energy-may-be-likened-to-the-bending-of-a-crossbow-decision-to-the/)

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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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> [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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> [It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-the-business-of-a-general-to-be-serene-and-inscrutable/)

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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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> [What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/what-enables-the-wise-sovereign-and-the-good-general-to-strike-and/)

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> [If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-those-who-are-sent-to-draw-water-begin-by-drinking-themselves-the-2/)

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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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> [Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/other-conditions-being-equal-if-one-force-is-hurled-against-another/)

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> [If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-you-know-yourself-but-not-the-enemy-for-every-victory-gained-you/)

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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 principle on which to manage an army is to set up one standard of courage which all must reach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-principle-on-which-to-manage-an-army-is-to-set-up-one-standard-of/)

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> [“It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-best-to-keep-one-s-own-state-intact-to-crush-the-enemy-s-state/)

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> [“A sovereign should never launch an army out of anger, a leader should never start a war out of wrath”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/a-sovereign-should-never-launch-an-army-out-of-anger-a-leader-should/)

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> [“Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/water-shapes-its-course-according-to-the-nature-of-the-ground-over/)

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> [If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-you-know-both-yourself-and-your-enemy-you-can-win-a-hundred/)

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> [“If, on the other hand, in the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-on-the-other-hand-in-the-midst-of-difficulties-we-are-always-ready/)

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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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> [Order or disorder depends on organisation and direction; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on tactical dispositions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/order-or-disorder-depends-on-organisation-and-direction-courage-or/)

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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/)

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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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