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Force Quotes by Sun Tzu
- He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
- When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against a…
- 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…
- The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and…
- Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former.
- All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we…
- Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
- 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…
- Unless you know the mountains and the forests, the defiles and impasses, the lay of the marshes and swamps, you cannot maneuver with an armed…
- If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental,…
- A leader leads by example not by force.
- If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The…
- 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 him;…
- The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up…
- Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans, the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces, the…
- The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at…
- 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…
- 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…
- Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land cannot maneuver their…
- If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them.
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