Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
SUN TZUTo fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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You have to believe in yourself.
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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.
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points.
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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
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Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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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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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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