Art Quote by Sun Tzu

In warfare, there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent will succeed and win.

— Sun Tzu

So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. Water shapes its course according to…

— Sun Tzu

The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy, without letting them know…

— Sun Tzu

So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to…

— Sun Tzu

As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy.

— Sun Tzu

An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an army avoids…

— Sun Tzu

Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous…

— Sun Tzu

...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy…

— Ulysses S. Grant

The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without…

— Laozi

Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

— Winston Churchill