Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
Sun Tzu
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Sun Tzu
Military Personnel
Philosopher
Strategist
Writer
Kingdom of Qi
Sun Wu
Sun Zi
Changqing
Men
Employ
Employers
Bravery
Brave
Stupid
Covetous
Wise
Skilful
Wisdom
Stratagem
War
Employer
More quotes by Sun Tzu
Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.
Sun Tzu
Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business.
Sun Tzu
All battles are won before they start.
Sun Tzu
He whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious.
Sun Tzu
Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small. The difficult things in this world must be done while they are easy, the greatest things in the world must be done while they are still small. For this reason sages never do what is great, and this is why they achieve greatness.
Sun Tzu
Do not press an enemy at bay.
Sun Tzu
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him if five to one, to attack him if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.
Sun Tzu
The nature of war is constant change.
Sun Tzu
Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.
Sun Tzu
Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity.
Sun Tzu
One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it.
Sun Tzu
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
Sun Tzu
When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
Sun Tzu
If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is death.
Sun Tzu
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.
Sun Tzu
Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.
Sun Tzu
War is a matter of vital importance to the state the province of life or death the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.
Sun Tzu
O divine art of subtlety and secrecy!
Sun Tzu
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
Sun Tzu
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Sun Tzu