Art Of War Quotes - Page 10

• The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Thus the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu (2012). “The Illustrated Art of War”, p.115, Courier Corporation

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• He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be dampened. If you lay siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Art, Strong

  Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

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• The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.7, SJ Creations Tokyo

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• Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Fighting, Army

  Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Complete Art of War”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  War, Moving, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.61, GENERAL PRESS

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• Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.10, GENERAL PRESS

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• 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

  War, Vexation, Kingdoms

  Victoria Charles, Sun Tzu (2015). “Art of War”, p.73, Parkstone International

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• When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.

  Sun Tzu

  Depressing, Art, Strong

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• In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

  Sun Tzu

  Country, Art, War

  Sun Tzu, Sun Zi, Lionel Giles (2006). “The Art of War”, p.13, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.

  Sun Tzu

  Peace, Plot, Covenant

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.25, SJ Creations Tokyo

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• 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.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Fighting, Victory

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.24, Lulu.com

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• In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, War, Disposition

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.30, Xist Publishing

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• If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely traced out on the ground. All we need to do is to throw something odd and unaccountable in his way.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.15, Lulu.com

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• The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains. Strike at its head, and you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail, and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its middle, and you will be attacked by head and tail both.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Snakes

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.66, Xist Publishing

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• 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.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Men

  Sun-tzu, Hagopian Institute (2008). “Art of War, Plain English Edition: One of the Greatest Strategy Books in the History of the World, Now in an Easy to Read Version”, p.64, Hagopian Institute

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• By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes, he prevents the enemy from anticipating his purpose. At the critical moment, the leader of an army acts like one who has climbed up a height and then kicks away the ladder behind him.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Army

  James Clavell, Sun Tzu (2013). “The Art of War”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Spirit

  The Art of War (6th century b.c.).

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• Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Moving, Army

  Sun-tzu, Gerald A. Michaelson (2001). “Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules”, p.213, Adams Media

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• There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take a long and circuitous route after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of deviation.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Long

  Sun Tzu (2012). “Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text”, p.118, Tuttle Publishing

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• The Art of War is self-explanatory

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Self

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• When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become, as it were, like rolling logs or stones... The energy developed by good fighting men is as the momentum of a round stone rolled down a mountain thousands of feet in height.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu “The Art of War”, Lulu.com

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• The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Kings, War

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.4, SJ Creations Tokyo

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• Attack where he is unprepared; sally forth when he does not expect you.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Doe

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• Every little advantage is of great moment when men have to come to blows.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Blow

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• When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Army, Water

  Sun-tzu, Gerald A. Michaelson (2001). “Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules”, p.91, Adams Media

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