- Learn To Defeat Your Enemy With These 39 Quotes By Sun Tzu.
- Sun Tzu was a Chinese general, military strategist, writer, and philosopher who lived in the Eastern Zhou period of ancient China.
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily.
Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant.
Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.
Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you.
Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him.
To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape.
Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field.
Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.
Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
Do not engage an enemy more powerful than you. And if it is unavoidable and you do have to engage, then make sure you engage it on your terms, not on your enemy's terms.
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack are signs that he will retreat.
These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline; failure to use picked men.
It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be able to divide them; if equal, engage them; if fewer, defend against them; if weaker, be able to avoid them.
All warfare is based on deception. If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight and if not: split and re-evaluate.
And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.
To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.
However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When without resources, depend on resourcefulness. When surprised, take the enemy by surprise.
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