Sun Tzu Art of War Quotes Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose. – Sun Tzu You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked. – Sun Tzu Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength. – Sun Tzu The ultimate skill in taking up a strategic position is to have no form. – Sun Tzu If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. – Sun Tzu The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. – Sun Tzu 2 Go forth armed without determining strategy, and you will destroy yourself in battle. – Sun Tzu The height of strategy is to attack your opponent’s strategy. – Sun Tzu All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. – Sun Tzu The rules of strategy are few and simple. – Sun Tzu The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary. – Sun Tzu Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy’s army without battle. They conquer by strategy. – Sun Tzu Attack the enemy’s strategy. – Sun Tzu One able to do this understands the strategy of the direct and the indirect. – Sun Tzu Supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy. – Sun Tzu Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. – Sun Tzu Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him. – Sun Tzu Be where your enemy is not. – Sun Tzu Great results can be achieved with small forces. – Sun Tzu The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. – Sun Tzu The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent. – Sun Tzu He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. – Sun Tzu It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy. – Sun Tzu Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. – Sun Tzu To know your enemy, you must become your enemy. – Sun Tzu 2 One mark of a great soldier is that he fights on his own terms or fights not at all. – Sun Tzu Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength. – Sun Tzu The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success. – Sun Tzu He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. – Sun Tzu If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. – Sun Tzu « ‹ of 2 › »