Art Quote by Sun Tzu

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.…

— Sun Tzu

Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.

— Sun Tzu

“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy…

— Sun Tzu

To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it.

— Sun Tzu

If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy.

— Karen Hughes

There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.

— Jane Lindskold

This army stays here until the last wounded man is removed. Before I leave them to the enemy, I will lose many more men.

— Stonewall Jackson

The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.

— Julius Caesar

Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their heroism through…

— Frederick The Great

Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to…

— Colin Powell

The purpose of the military is to close with and destroy the enemy on behalf of our national security priorities.

— Todd Wilcox

It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do…

— Gerd von Rundstedt