Sun Tzu Quotes

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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 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 are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong.

  Sun Tzu

  Strong, War, Weak

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• It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him

  Sun Tzu

  Enemy, Important

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• In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Business, War

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• Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, Warrior, Mma

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  Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.

  Sun Tzu

  Opportunity, Victory, Problem

  Sun Tzu, Gary Gagliardi (2007). “Sun Tzu's the Art of War: Plus the Ancient Chinese Revealed”, p.39, Science of Strategy

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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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• There is an intelligent way to eat a live frog - I just don't know what it is.

  Sun Tzu

  Intelligent, Frogs, Way

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• One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Enemy, Needs

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• If a battle can not be won do not fight it.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Fighting, Battle

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• 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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• Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.

  Sun Tzu

  Change, Rivers, Flow

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• Great results, can be achieved with small forces.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Results

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• To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  Inspirational, War, Marketing

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• Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.

  Sun Tzu

  Enemy

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• All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away; when far away, that you are to lure him; feign disorder and strike him. When he concentrates, prepare against him; where he is strong, avoid him. Anger his general and confuse him. Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

  Sun Tzu

  Strong, Arrogance, Deception

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• Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Fire

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• A leader leads by example not by force.

  Sun Tzu

  Encouragement, War, Army

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

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• When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules, neighboring rulers will take advantage of this.

  Sun Tzu

  Discipline, Leader, President

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• The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Greatest Victory

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• Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Enemy

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• All wars are won or lost before they are ever fought.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Lost

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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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• In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. Only one who knows the disastrous effects of a long war can realize the supreme importance of rapidity in bringing it to a close.

  Sun Tzu

  Country, Peace, War

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