Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
SUN TZUWhen your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
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The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack–the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
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