Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
SUN TZUTreat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
SUN TZUThe 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.
SUN TZUEnergy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
SUN TZULet your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
SUN TZUVictorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
SUN TZUWhen the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
SUN TZUThe supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
SUN TZUIf ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
SUN TZUBe where your enemy is not.
SUN TZUTo know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
SUN TZUYou have to believe in yourself.
SUN TZUOne mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
SUN TZUBravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.
SUN TZUIf you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
SUN TZURouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
SUN TZUHence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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