Sun Tzu quotes

The ultimate in disposing one's troops is to be without ascertainable shape. Then the
most penetrating spies cannot pry in nor can the wise lay plans against you.
Sun Tzu

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Sun Tzu

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

In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace.
Sun Tzu

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
Sun Tzu

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the
deepest valley.
Sun Tzu

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Sun Tzu

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

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

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
Sun Tzu

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.
Sun Tzu

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
Sun Tzu

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.
Sun Tzu

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

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and
the stupid man.
Sun Tzu

Appear weak when you are strong and strong when you are weak.
Sun Tzu

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
Sun Tzu

Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent
punishments that he is in acute distress.
Sun Tzu

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

Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus
he is master of his enemy's fate.
Sun Tzu

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out
of which victory is evolved.
Sun Tzu

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating
the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Sun Tzu

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade
him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he
may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united,
separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him
where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
Sun Tzu

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
Sun Tzu

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
Sun Tzu

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
Sun Tzu

To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.
Sun Tzu

It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you
and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled
agents are recruited and used.
Sun Tzu

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