Sun Tzu Quotes

These military devices, leading to victory, must not be divulged beforehand.

So long as victory can be attained,  stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.

Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.

Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.

Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

Who wishes to fight must first count the cost.

If you fight with all your might,  there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner.

Ground on which we can only be saved from destruction by fighting without delay, is desperate ground.

The principle on which to manage an army is to set up one standard of courage which all must reach.

When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse.

The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation.

When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is Insubordination.