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
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
Act after having made assessments. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins - this is the rule… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If you follow the enemy's shifts and changes, you can always find a way to win. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its… — 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
“Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When you know both yourself as well as your competition, you are never in danger. To know yourself and not others, gives… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In warfare, there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent will succeed and win. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory. — 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
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
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
When you do battle, even if you are winning, if you continue for a long time it will dull your forces and… — 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
When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Winning Strategists are certain of triumph before seeking a challenge. Losing Strategists are certain to challenge before seeking a triumph. — 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
