Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
SUN TZUTo win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
-
-
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
SUN TZU -
The wise warrior avoids the battle.
SUN TZU -
Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.
SUN TZU -
Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
SUN TZU -
The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
SUN TZU -
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
SUN TZU -
If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
SUN TZU -
The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.
SUN TZU -
Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
SUN TZU -
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
SUN TZU -
Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
SUN TZU -
So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
SUN TZU -
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
SUN TZU -
Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
SUN TZU -
Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy if possible.
SUN TZU -
Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
SUN TZU -
Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
SUN TZU -
If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner.
SUN TZU -
One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
SUN TZU -
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
SUN TZU -
It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
SUN TZU -
Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
SUN TZU -
Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
SUN TZU -
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
SUN TZU -
If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
SUN TZU -
Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
SUN TZU