Sun Tzu quotes

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. (Sun Tzu)
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
Sun Tzu
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Sun Tzu
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
Sun Tzu
Warfare is the way of deception.
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Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.
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You have to believe in yourself.
Sun Tzu
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu
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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Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.
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Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization. (Sun Tzu)
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.
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For to 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.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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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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Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.
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Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.
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Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment - that which they cannot anticipate.
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Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. (Sun Tzu)
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
Sun Tzu
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.
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The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
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