War Strategy Quotes

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

  Sun Tzu

  Business, War, Fighting

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• He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

  Sun Tzu

  Wisdom, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, Musashi Miyamoto, Inazo Nitobe (2016). “The Art of War - a Samurai Master Class”, p.13, Lulu.com

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• The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

  Sun Tzu

  Art Of War, Opportunity, Enemy

  Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, p.4, Booklassic

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• 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.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, War, Inspiration

  Sun Tzu (2010). “The Art of War”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

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• 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

  Leadership, Business, War

  "The Art of War". Chapter I: Detail Assessment and Planning. Translated by Chow-Hou Wee, 2003.

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• 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.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, Booklassic

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• Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

  Sun Tzu

  Thank You, Veterans Day, Art

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

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• The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands

  Sun Tzu

  Lying, Art Of War, Opportunity

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.18, Xist Publishing

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  The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Crazy, War

  Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, CreateSpace

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• The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, War, Army

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.22, Xist Publishing

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• 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.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Believe

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

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• He who wishes to fight must first count the cost

  Sun Tzu

  Art Of War, Fighting, Wish

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.9, GENERAL PRESS

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• He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, War, Winning

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.16, Xist Publishing

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

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Army

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

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• Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Fate, Mma

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.108, Shambhala Publications

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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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• If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Moving

  Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Complete Art of War”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Tactics And Strategy

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.7, Xist Publishing

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• Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

  Sun Tzu

  Encouragement, War, Arrogance

  "The Art of War". Chapter I: Detail Assessment and Planning. Translated by Chow-Hou Wee, 2003.

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• If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, War, Greatest Victory

  Sun Tzu (2010). “The Art of War”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

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  Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Peace, War

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.57, Shambhala Publications

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• 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

  Inspirational, War, Men

  Sun Tzu (2012). “The Illustrated Art of War”, p.144, Courier Corporation

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• Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

  Sun Tzu

  Crush, Art, War

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.7, Xist Publishing

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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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• What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.

  Sun Tzu

  Clever, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.19, Xist Publishing

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