Sun Tzu Quotes & Sayings

“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.”

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”

“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.”

“Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.”

“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.”

“Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.”

“To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”

“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.”

“The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.”