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Army Quotes by Sun Tzu
- To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than…
- Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.
- He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
- Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than…
- Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.
- In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: which of the…
- Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the…
- We cannot enter into alliance with neighbouring princes until we are acquainted with their designs. We are not fit to lead an army on the…
- Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient.
- There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant…
- If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst.
- Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.
- Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. He…
- We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors. We are not fit to lead an army on the…
- A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the…
- By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes,…
- Now an army is exposed to six several calamities, not arising from natural causes, 1 but from faults for which the general is responsible. These…
- If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to…
- In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable not to stir forth, but…
- When one treats people with benevolence, justice and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be…
- An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an army avoids strength…
- When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
- One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it.
- To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it.
- The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol…
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