“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”

To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.

Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.

Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.

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.

Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.

Be where your enemy is not.

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.

It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.

She’s battling things her smile will never tell you about.

Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to face many a danger, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle.

One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game – if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.

Consistency: It’s the jewel worth wearing; It’s the anchor worth weighing; It’s the thread worth weaving; It’s a battle worth winning.

Walk by faith! Stop the plague of worry. Relax! Learn to say, “Lord, this is Your battle.”

Think about it, no one can win a race in which he had given up. You can’t win a battle for which you have surrendered.