Sun Tzu Quotes - Page 5

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• Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Business, War

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.80, Xist Publishing

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• Victory is the main object in war.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Victory

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• 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.

  Sun Tzu

  Humble, Art Of War, Preparation

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.21, Lulu.com

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• You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with all of your heart and with all of your consciousness. In that manner, you will have an edge.

  Sun Tzu

  Heart, Successful, Battle

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• Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain

  Sun Tzu

  Art Of War, Fire, Mountain

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• If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Army, Order

  Sun Tzu (2002). “The Art of War”, p.10, Courier Corporation

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• Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.

  Sun Tzu

  Winning, Self, Enemy

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• If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Believe, Enemy

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• When you shoot a bow and arrow, you aim at the clouds, not because you expect to hit them, but so that you may reach the distant target on the ground.

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  Clouds, Arrows, Target

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• If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.

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  Art, War, Fighting

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

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• There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant of the fact that it cannot obey. This is called hobbling the army. By attempting to govern an army in the same way as he administers a kingdom, being ignorant of the conditions which obtain in an army. This causes restlessness in the soldier's minds. By employing the officers of his army without discrimination, through ignorance of the military principle of adaptation to circumstances. This shakes the confidence of the soldiers.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu (2010). “The Art of War”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.

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• In desperate position, you must fight.

  Sun Tzu

  Fighting, Desperate, Position

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.19, Lulu.com

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• Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards... Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing. Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain.

  Sun Tzu

  Running, Art, Military

  Sun Tzu (2017). “El Arte de la Guerra – The Art of War (Sun Tzu)”, p.51, PLUTÓN EDICIONES X SL

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• The business of a general is to kick away the ladder behind soldiers when they have climbed up a height.

  Sun Tzu

  Soldier, Ladders, Height

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

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• As water has no constant form, there are in war no constant conditions.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Water

  Gerald A Michaelson, Steven W Michaelson, Sun-tzu (2003). “Sun Tzu For Success: How to Use the Art of War to Master Challenges and Accomplish the Important Goals in Your Life”, p.172, Simon and Schuster

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• When I have won a victory I do not repeat my tactics but respond to circumstances in an infinite variety of ways.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Victory

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• The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they will become double agents and available for our service. It is through the information brought by the double agent that we are able to acquire and employ local and inward spies. It is owing to his information, again, that we can cause the doomed spy to carry false tidings to the enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Complete Art of War”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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• He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Winning, Force

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.14, GENERAL PRESS

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

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  Wise, Wisdom, Stupid

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.14, GENERAL PRESS

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• To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills

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  Fighting, Skills, Enemy

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• Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow...they have form but are formless. They are skilled in both planning and adapting and need not fear the result of a thousand battles: for they win in advance, defeating those that have already lost.

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  Winning, Rivers, Battle

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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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• He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Winning, Waiting

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.12, Lulu.com

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• One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.

  Sun Tzu

  Preparation, Retreat, Speak

  Tzu Sun (1994). “The Art of War”, p.158, Basic Books

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• To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Army

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