All Sun Tzu Quotes
- Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Concentrate
- The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary. Conflict
- For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at… Action
- The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands Defeat
- If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner All
- Rapidity is the essence of war. Essence
- It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him Enemy
- All warfare is based on deception. If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight and if not: split… All
- Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected. Appear
- Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him Coming
- All battles are won before they start. All
- Who can determine where one ends and the other begins? Begins
- 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… Battle
- So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the… Ability
- Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow...they have form… Adapting
- Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy Inspirational
- He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish. Exterminated
- To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy. Conquer
- To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills Enemy
- If a general shows confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed, the gain will be mutual. Always Insists