Sun Tzu Quotes: How to Win Life's Battles

know thyself know thy enemy a thousand

battles a thousand victories move not

unless you see an advantage use not your

troops unless there is something to be

gained fight not unless the position is

critical let your plans be dark and

impenetrable as the night and when you

move fall like a thunderbolt in the

midst of chaos there is also opportunity

all warfare is based on deception hence

when we are able to attack we must seem

unable when using our forces we must

appear 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

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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

build your opponent a golden bridge to

retreat across

when the enemy has relaxed make them

toil when full starve them when settled

make them move one may know how to

conquer without being able to do it

do not repeat the tactics which have

gained you one victory but let your

methods be regulated by the infinite

variety of circumstances

movers Swift as the wind and as closely

formed as the would attack like the fire

and be still as the mountain

the expert in battle moves the enemy and

is not moved by him

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strategy without tactics is the slowest

route to victory tactics without

strategy is the noise before defeat

engage people with what they expect it

is what they are able to discern and

confirms their projections it settles

them into predictable patterns of

response occupying their minds while you

wait for the extraordinary moment that

which they cannot anticipate the supreme

art of war is to subdue the enemy

without fighting the extremely subtle

aimed at the point of formlessness be

extremely mysterious even to the point

of sound lessness thereby you can be the

director of the opponent's fate if he

sends reinforcements everywhere he will

everywhere be weak rouse him and learn

the principle of his activity or

inactivity force him to reveal himself

so as to find out his vulnerable spots

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the opportunity to secure ourselves

against defeat lies in our own hands but

the opportunity of defeating the enemy

is provided by the enemy himself bravery

without forethought causes a man to

fight blindly and desperately like a mad

bull such an opponent must not be

encountered with brute force but may be

lured into an ambush and slain