Sun Tzu Quotes, War Quotes, Fighting Quotes

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.

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The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.

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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.

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The rising of birds in their flight is the sign of an ambuscade. Startled beasts indicate that a sudden attack is coming.

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Rapidity is the essence of war.

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Generally, management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization. And to control many is the same as to control few. This is a matter of formations and signals.

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The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the relative size of your force at the point where you join in battle. You can strike with the few and be many if you strike your adversary in his gaps. Seek out places where the defense is not strict, the place not tightly guarded, the generals weak, the troops disorderly, the supplies are scarce and the forces are isolated.

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Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something he cherishes and he will conform to your desires.

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With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy.

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the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or in peril.

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It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.

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You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.

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In warfare, there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent will succeed and win.

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When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or not he is in a position to fight, the result is ruin.

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Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men.

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As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy.

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Where the army is, prices are high; when prices rise the wealth of the people is exhausted.

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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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Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.

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He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.

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