Sun Tzu

If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.

Sun Tzu

If, on the other hand, in the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune.

Sun Tzu

In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory.

Sun Tzu

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.

Sun Tzu

In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in circles but cannot be defeated.

Sun Tzu

In war, practice dissimulation, and you will succeed.

Sun Tzu

It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best.

Sun Tzu

it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.

Sun Tzu

It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.

Sun Tzu

It is imperative to contest all factions for complete victory, so the army is not garrisoned and the profit can be total. This is the law of strategic siege.

Sun Tzu