Art Of War Quotes - Page 14

• From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed he will have good friends, and affairs will always remain quiet within when they are quiet without, unless they should have been already disturbed by conspiracy; and even should affairs outside be disturbed, if he has carried out his preparations and has lived as I have said, as long as he does not despair, he will resist every attack.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Good Friend

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.76, FastPencil Inc

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• The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Men

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• 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

  Wise, War, Moving

  "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, translated by Chow-Hou Wee, (Chapter XIII), 2003.

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• The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation.

  Pietro Aretino

  Art, War, Might

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• The art of using troops is this:
  ......When ten to the enemy's one, surround him;
  ......When five times his strength, attack him;
  ......If double his strength, divide him;
  ......If equally matched you may engage him;
  ......If weaker numerically, be capable of withdrawing;
  ......And if in all respects unequal, be capable of eluding him,
  ..........for a small force is but booty for one more powerful.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Powerful, Military

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• When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Men

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• Violence must be inflicted once for all; people will then forget what it tastes like and so be less resentful. Benefits must be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, People

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• There is simply no comparison between a man who is armed and one who is not. It is simply unreasonable to expect that an armed man should obey one who is unarmed, or that an unarmed man should remain safe and secure when his servants are armed.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Men

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• We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who must use persuasion. In the second case, they always come to grief, having achieved nothing; when, however, they depend on their own resources and can force the issue, then they are seldom endangered.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Grief

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• It may be observed, that provinces amid the vicissitudes to which they are subject, pass from order into confusion, and afterward recur to a state of order again; for the nature of mundane affairs not allowing them to continue in an even course, when they have arrived at their greatest perfection, they soon begin to decline.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Order

  "Florentine Histories" by Niccolò Machiavelli, book V, chapter 1, 1526.

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• And when neither their property nor honour is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition of a few, whom he can curb with ease in many ways.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Ambition

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). “The Prince”, p.80, Xist Publishing

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• War is a matter of vital importance to the state; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Survival

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• Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Opportunity

  "The Art of War". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, as translated by Neal Wood, 1965.

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• The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without having to fight them.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Fighting

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• The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy, without letting them know beforehand what you are going to do.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

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• I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Believe

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Art of War and the Prince”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock; and he should endeavour to show in his actions greatness, courage, gravity, and fortitude; and in his private dealings with his subjects let him show that his judgments are irrevocable, and maintain himself in such reputation that no one can hope either to deceive him or to get round him.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Mean

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). “The Prince”, p.80, Xist Publishing

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• If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Long

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• It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of his subjects, from both of which he must abstain.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Said

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). “The Prince”, p.80, Xist Publishing

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• Strategy is the most important department of the art of war, and strategical skill is the highest and rarest function of military genius.

  George Stillman Hillard

  Art, Military, War

  George Stillman Hillard (1864). “Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-general U. S. Army”, p.367, Gale Cengage Learning

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• It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Self

  Sun Tzu, Shang Yang (1997). “The Art of War”, p.47, Wordsworth Editions

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• It is not the willingness to kill on the part of our soldiers which most concerns me. That is an inherent part of war. It is our lack of respect for even the admirable characteristics of our enemy; for courage, for suffering, for death, for his willingness to die for his beliefs, for his companies and squadrons which go forth, one after another, to annihilation against our superior training and equipment.

  Charles Lindbergh

  War, Soldier, Training

  Journal entry on July 21, 1944. "The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh". Book by Charles Lindbergh, 1970.

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• Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Men

  "The Art of War". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, as translated by Neal Wood (1965), 1520.

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• I have much to teach you. Come and learn the art of war from the one who invented it. (Takeshi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Art, War, Teach

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.432, Macmillan

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• One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against him.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Enemy

  Sun-tzu, Gerald A. Michaelson (2001). “Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules”, p.255, Adams Media

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