War Quotes

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When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything. — Miyamoto Musashi
Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger,… — Sun Tzu
The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great… — Miyamoto Musashi
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved. — Sun Tzu
One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long,… — Sun Tzu
As if with the nut and flower, the nut has become less than the flower... both those teaching and those learning are concerned with colouring… — Miyamoto Musashi
He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign. — Sun Tzu
If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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… — Sun Tzu
When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm.… — Miyamoto Musashi
If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are… — Sun Tzu
By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man? — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
As everything in this world is but a sham. Death is the only sincerity. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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. — Sun Tzu
Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them… — Sun Tzu
It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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