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.
SUN TZUSuccess in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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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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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
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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.
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When 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.
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Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,
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Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
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The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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