Defeat Quote by Sun Tzu

“Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field.”

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Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you.

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“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.”

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Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision.

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The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they…

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“So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.”

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“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.”

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“Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make…

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If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely…

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“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes…

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A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.

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If Pete’s (Sampras) child is a girl, my son will like her; if he’s a boy, my son will defeat him.

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All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

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Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to…

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“We don't have to defeat any individual but our own self.”

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“Defeat is a disease, and victory is the cure.”

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“The glow of victory and the harsh chill of defeat are two sides of the same coin.”

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After a big defeat, any player feels affected - it is about how long he needs to recover.

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I have clearly said we faced terrorist enemies who use Islam to justify slaughtering innocent people and we have to stop them and we…

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We know from this book entitled... What is it? Surrendered? Succumbed? I can never remember the title perform. And we learn from this book…

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