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title: "Best War Wisdom 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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> [“In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack--the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-battle-there-are-not-more-than-two-methods-of-attack-the-direct/)

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> [The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-general-who-wins-the-battle-makes-many-calculations-in-his-temple/)

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> [Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/know-your-enemy-and-know-yourself-and-you-can-fight-a-hundred-battles/)

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> [The ultimate in disposing one's troops is to be without ascertainable shape. Then the most penetrating spies cannot pry in nor can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-ultimate-in-disposing-one-s-troops-is-to-be-without-ascertainable/)

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> [When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-orders-are-consistently-trustworthy-and-observed-the/)

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> [If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-you-know-the-enemy-and-know-yourself-you-need-not-fear-the-results/)

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> [When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-you-surround-an-army-leave-an-outlet-free-do-not-press-a/)

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> [What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/what-is-of-the-greatest-importance-in-war-is-extraordinary-speed-one/)

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> [“15. Hence a wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/15-hence-a-wise-general-makes-a-point-of-foraging-on-the-enemy-one/)

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> [When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-the-enemy-is-at-ease-be-able-to-weary-him-when-well-fed-to/)

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> [We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors. We are not fit to lead an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/we-cannot-enter-into-alliances-until-we-are-acquainted-with-the/)

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> [“If we wish to wrest an advantage from the enemy, we must not fix our minds on that alone, but allow for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-we-wish-to-wrest-an-advantage-from-the-enemy-we-must-not-fix-our/)

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> [All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/all-warfare-is-based-on-deception-hence-when-able-to-attack-we-must/)

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> [When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-the-common-soldiers-are-too-strong-and-their-officers-too-weak-2/)

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> [If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-soldiers-are-punished-before-they-have-grown-attached-to-you-they/)

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> [“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/know-the-enemy-and-know-yourself-in-a-hundred-battles-you-will-never-2/)

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> [Know yourself and you will win all battles. Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/know-yourself-and-you-will-win-all-battles-move-swift-as-the-wind-and/)

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> [What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/what-the-ancients-called-a-clever-fighter-is-one-who-not-only-wins/)

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> [He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/he-who-knows-things-and-in-fighting-puts-his-knowledge-into-practice/)

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> [If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-we-know-that-the-enemy-is-open-to-attack-but-are-unaware-that-our/)

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> [ “Be stern in the council-chamber, \[Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.\] so that you may… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/be-stern-in-the-council-chamber-show-no-weakness-and-insist-on-your/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-all-fighting-the-direct-method-may-be-used-for-joining-battle-but/)

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> [Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/convince-your-enemy-that-he-will-gain-very-little-by-attacking-you/)

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> [To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-persuade-your-enemy-to-retreat-before-the-fight-is-to-defeat-them/)

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> [One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/one-who-has-few-must-prepare-against-the-enemy-one-who-has-many-makes/)

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> [Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/those-who-would-wage-war-should-first-eliminate-all-domestic-enemies/)

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> [“We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/we-cannot-enter-into-alliances-until-we-are-acquainted-with-the-2/)

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> [War is a matter of vital importance to the state; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/war-is-a-matter-of-vital-importance-to-the-state-the-province-of-life/)

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> [Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/swift-as-the-wind-quiet-as-the-forest-conquer-like-the-fire-steady-as/)

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> [Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/spies-are-a-most-important-element-in-water-because-on-them-depends/)

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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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> [“Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/therefore-the-clever-combatant-imposes-his-will-on-the-enemy-but-does/)

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> [According to my assessment, even if you have many more troops than others, how can that help you to victory?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/according-to-my-assessment-even-if-you-have-many-more-troops-than/)

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> [Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle … They conquer by strategy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/thus-those-skilled-in-war-subdue-the-enemy-s-army-without-battle-they/)

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> [If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-i-wish-to-engage-then-the-enemy-for-all-his-high-ramparts-and-deep/)

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> [When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/when-the-enemy-is-relaxed-make-them-toil-when-full-starve-them-when/)

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> [Use humility to make the enemy haughty. Tire them by flight. Cause division among them. When they are unprepared, attack and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/use-humility-to-make-the-enemy-haughty-tire-them-by-flight-cause/)

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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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> [“Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/knowing-the-enemy-enables-you-to-take-the-offensive-knowing-yourself/)

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> [Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/secret-operations-are-essential-in-war-upon-them-the-army-relies-to/)

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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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