Sun Tzu Quotes
"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.""Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.""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.""Knowing when and when not to engage is the key to winning battles.""Supreme excellence lies in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.""Keep your plans as dark as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.""In battle, use both the direct and indirect methods to your advantage.""All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.""If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.""Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.""One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.""If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.""He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.""Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.""There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.""Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.""Great results can be achieved with small forces.""Opportunities multiply as they are seized.""If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is death.""To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."