Sun Tzu Quotes, War Quotes, Victory Quotes

To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.

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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

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If your enemy is superior, evade him

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If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to provoke a battle, and fighting will be to your disadvantage.

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Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you now Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete.

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Of all rewards none [is] more liberal than those given to secret agents.

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What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.

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Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy

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Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuver. What is difficult about maneuver is to make the devious route the most direct and to turn misfortune to advantage.

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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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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose.

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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.There are not more than five primary colors, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted.

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It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order.

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When the position is such that neither side will gain by making the first move, it is called temporising ground.

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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night.

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To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

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The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize combined energy

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If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are not in danger, do not fight.

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So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius.

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On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough; hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and flags. Gongs and drums, banners and flags, are means whereby the ears and eyes of the host may be focused on one particular point.

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