Sun Tzu Quotes And Sayings

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“It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy’s one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.”
– Sun Tzu

“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”
– Sun Tzu

“Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.”
– Sun Tzu

“Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.”
– Sun Tzu

“Know yourself and you will win all battles.”
– Sun Tzu

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
– Sun Tzu

“Like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more.”
– Sun Tzu

“Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.”
– Sun Tzu

“Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.”
– Sun Tzu

“No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. 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.”
– Sun Tzu

“Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions.”
– Sun Tzu

“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.”
– Sun Tzu

“O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy’s fate in our hands.”
– Sun Tzu

“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.”
– Sun Tzu

“One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other’s military without battle is the most skillful.”
– Sun Tzu

“One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.”
– Sun Tzu

“One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.”
– Sun Tzu

“One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it.”
– Sun Tzu

“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”
– Sun Tzu

“Order or disorder depends on organisation; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on dispositions.”
– Sun Tzu

“Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.”
– Sun Tzu

“Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.”
– Sun Tzu

“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.”
– Sun Tzu

“Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.”
– Sun Tzu

“Si utilizas al enemigo para derrotar al enemigo, serás poderoso en cualquier lugar a donde vayas.”
– Sun Tzu

“So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.”
– Sun Tzu

“So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.”
– Sun Tzu

“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.”
– Sun Tzu

“Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy’s unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions.”
– Sun Tzu

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
– Sun Tzu

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