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Battle 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…
- For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme…
- When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before…
- No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.
- He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor practices them, will…
- When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march…
- On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough; hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and flags. Gongs and…
- 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…
- Know yourself and you will win all battles. Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still…
- The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
- The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the relative size of…
- The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies…
- Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat…
- Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.
- Therefore I say: know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the…
- Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the…
- If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the…
- No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If…
- The one who figures on victory at headquarters before even doing battle is the one who has the most strategic factors on his side.
- Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
- To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.
- Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
- And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.
- The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but…
- Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field…
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