Sun Tzu Quotes
"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.""In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.""He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.""Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.""If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.""All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.""In battle, use both the direct and indirect methods to your advantage.""Keep your plans as dark as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.""Supreme excellence lies in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.""Knowing when and when not to engage is the key to winning battles.""When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.""Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.""Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.""Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.""To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.""So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.""Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.""Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: 1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight; 2) he will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces; 3) he will win whose army is animated by the same spirit th""If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. ""To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
