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Sun Tzu Inspirational Quotes (271)

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When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become as it were like unto rolling logs or stones. For it is the nature of a log or stone to remain motionless on level ground, and to move when on a slope if four-cornered, to come to a standstill, but if round-shaped to go rolling down.
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night.
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There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefitted.
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Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.
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Do not press an enemy at bay.
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To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.
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If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.
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When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or not he is in a position to fight, the result is ruin.
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All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him.
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The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.
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All war is deception.
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You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with all of your heart and with all of your consciousness. In that manner, you will have an edge.
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Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions.
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When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears.
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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
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In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. Only one who knows the disastrous effects of a long war can realize the supreme importance of rapidity in bringing it to a close.
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According to my assessment, even if you have many more troops than others, how can that help you to victory?
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He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.
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Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend march swiftly to places where you are not expected.
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Factors in the art of warfare are: First, calculations second, quantities third, logistics fourth, the balance of power and fifth, the possibility of victory is based on the balance of power.
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Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.
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Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.
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A battle avoided cannot be lost.
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Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain
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