Quotes oleh Sun Tzu

- A leader leads by example not by force.

- Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

- Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never peril.

- 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.

- The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.

- If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.

- Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions.

- It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.

- What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.

- A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.

- If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

- He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be dampened. If you lay

- siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength.

- In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it.

- In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack.. the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.

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

- The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities. It is best to win without fighting.