Sun Tzu Quotes, War Quotes, Fighting Quotes

So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.

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Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.

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Against those skilled in attack, an enemy does not know where to defend; against the experts in defense, the enemy does not know where to attack.

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The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.

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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march up angrily and remain facing ours for a long time without either joining battle or removing demands, the situation is one that requires great vigilance and circumspection. To begin by bluster, but afterward to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.

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In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.

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Order or disorder depends on organisation and direction; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on tactical dispositions.

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Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all.

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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

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When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears.

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Who can determine where one ends and the other begins?

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Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you.

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If you are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong.

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If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.

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We cannot enter into alliance with neighbouring princes until we are acquainted with their designs. We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country - its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps. We shall be unable to turn natural advantages to account unless we make use of local guides.

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We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights; (6) positions at a great distance from the enemy.

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The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be derived, in the first instance, from the converted spy. Hence it is essential that the converted spy be treated with the utmost liberality.

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First learn to become invincible, then wait for your enemy's moment of vulnerability.

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What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity.

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If asked how to cope with a great host of the enemy in orderly array and on the point of marching to the attack, I should say: "Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will." Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.

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