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 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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• 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 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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• So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.

  Sun Tzu

  Strong, Military, War

  Sun Tzu (2010). “The Art of War”, p.21, FastPencil Inc

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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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  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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• 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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  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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

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

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• What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Enemy

  Sun Tzu, Shang Yang (1997). “The Art of War”, p.25, Wordsworth Editions

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• The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.11, Lulu.com

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him

  Sun Tzu

  Art Of War, Enemy, Preparing For War

  Sun, Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, p.103, Aegitas

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