Tactics Quotes

"Be where your enemy is not." "Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." "In chess, one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge" "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." "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." "Knowing when and when not to engage is the key to winning battles." "There is no such thing as a fair fight, all vulnerabilities are exploited " "The best way to fight an enemy is with another enemy" "No battle plan survives contact with the enemy." "There is a science to making your opponent wear down." "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." "The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains. Strike at its head, and you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail, and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its mi" "To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself." "He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious." "The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent." "It takes a lot out of a fighter to throw punches that land in thin air."