Top Quotes of Sun Tzu
- “You have to believe in yourself.” – Sun Tzu
- “The wise warrior avoids the battle.” – Sun Tzu
- “Know yourself and you will win all battle.” – Sun Tzu
- “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” – Sun Tzu
- “Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.” – Sun Tzu
- “Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.” – Sun Tzu
- “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” – Sun Tzu
- “Who wishes to fight must first count the cost” – Sun Tzu
- “Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.” – Sun Tzu
- “Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.” – Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu Quotes on Enemy
A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy.
Sun Tzu
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
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Do not press an enemy at bay.
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If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
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It is more important to out-think your enemy, than to outfight him
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The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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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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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
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Do not engage an enemy more powerful than you. And if it is unavoidable and you do have to engage, then make sure you engage it on your terms, not on your enemy’s terms.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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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 skil.
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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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To know your enemy, you must become your enemy
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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
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Keep your friends close, your enemies even closer.
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Sun Tzu Quotes on Army & Soldier
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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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.
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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
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Sun Tzu Quotes on War
All war is deception.
Sun Tzu
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.
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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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For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
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There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.
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Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.
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Other famous Quotes of Sun Tzu
The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.
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The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.
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Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength.
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Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.
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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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All men can see these tactics whereby i conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
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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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Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of the trigger.
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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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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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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.
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Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
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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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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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If quick, i survive. If not quick, i am lost. This is death.
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Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.
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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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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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Can you imagine what i would do if i could do all i can?
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The skillful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
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The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.
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