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Excellence 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…
- 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…
- To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
- Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
- To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
- Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
More Excellence Quotes
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- I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there. — Tyra Banks