Sun Tzu quotes

You have to believe in yourself.
Sun Tzu

Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the
soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.
Sun Tzu

Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to
precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.
Sun Tzu

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

What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.
Sun Tzu

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.
Sun Tzu

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a
defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Sun Tzu

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
Sun Tzu

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

Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sun Tzu

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
Sun Tzu

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: It is merely a
question of dividing up their numbers.
Sun Tzu

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

When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a
hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.
Sun Tzu

Where the army is, prices are high; when prices rise, the wealth of the people is exhausted.
Sun Tzu