Sun Tzu Quotes

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." "Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across." "Be where your enemy is not." "Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near" "To know your enemy, you must become your enemy." "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." "He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious." "Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack." "To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." "So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak." "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." "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." "Supreme excellence lies in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." "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." "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."