Sun Tzu Quotes About Defeat

Quotes about: Defeat

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

  Sun Tzu

  Business, War, Fighting

• 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.

• 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

• The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Army, Opportunity

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.12, SJ Creations Tokyo

• 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

• Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field.

  Sun Tzu

  Leadership, Sports, Winning

• 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

• 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

• You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.

  Sun Tzu

  Warrior, Defense, Opponents

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy is prepared for your coming, and you fail to defeat him, then, return being impossible, disaster will ensue.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Enemy

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.54, Xist Publishing

• To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally is no longer an enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  Fighting, Enemy, Battle

• So it is that good warriors take their stance on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone to defeat.

  Sun Tzu

  Athlete, Warrior, Opponents

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.93, Shambhala Publications

• The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat: - let such a one be dismissed!

  Sun Tzu

  Art Of War, Army, Suffering

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.7, GENERAL PRESS

• The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Enemy

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.12, SJ Creations Tokyo

• These are six ways of courting defeat, which must be carefully noted by the general who has attained a responsible post.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Way

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.23, Lulu.com

• Defeat the enemies strategy.

  Sun Tzu

  Decision, Enemy, Defeat

• It is through the dispositions of an army that its condition may be discovered. Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory,; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.

  Sun Tzu

  Army, Secret, Victory

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

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