Sun Tzu Quotes - Page 4

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• If your enemy is superior, evade him

  Sun Tzu

  Enemy, Superiors, Ifs

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• A battle avoided cannot be lost.

  Sun Tzu

  Battle, Lost, Avoided

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• Don't flail against the world, use it. Flexibility is the operative principle in the art of war.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Principles

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• The successful person has unusual skill at dealing with conflict and ensuring the best outcome for all.

  Sun Tzu

  Successful, Skills, Outcomes

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• First learn to become invincible, then wait for your enemy's moment of vulnerability.

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  Waiting, Enemy, Firsts

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• Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength.

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  Art Of War, Energy

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.32, SJ Creations Tokyo

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• If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Military, Art Of War

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• If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Mind

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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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• 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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• Attack the enemy's strategy.

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  Enemy, Strategy

  Sun-tzu, Gerald A. Michaelson (2001). “Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules”, p.59, Adams Media

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• When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.

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  War, Army, Water

  Sun-tzu, Gerald A. Michaelson (2001). “Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules”, p.91, Adams Media

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• Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Enemy, Firsts

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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.

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  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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• The nature of war is constant change.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Constant

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• Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Bridges, Opponents

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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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• Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.

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  War, Moving, Enemy

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

  Sun Tzu

  Fighting, Skills, Enemy

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

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  Preparation, Retreat, Speak

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

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• There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture; a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; a delicacy of honour, which is sensitive to shame; over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.

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  Art, War, Men

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

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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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• He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Leadership, Art

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

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• A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Lying, Military

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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• If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.

  Sun Tzu

  Loss, Winning, Enemy

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