Sun Tzu

The general who does not advance to seek glory, or does not withdraw to avoid punishment, but cares for only the people’s security and promotes the people’s interests, is the nation’s treasure.

Sun Tzu

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.

Sun Tzu

The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Sun Tzu

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

Sun Tzu

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

Sun Tzu

Using order to deal with the disorderly, using calm to deal with the clamorous, is mastering the heart.

Sun Tzu

Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.

Sun Tzu

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy.

Sun Tzu

Weigh the situation, then move.

Sun Tzu

When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse.

Sun Tzu