All war is deception.

Quote by Sun Tzu

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Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

You have to believe in yourself.

You have to believe in yourself.

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of...

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of...

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity...

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity...

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise...

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise...

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the...

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the...

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys;...

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys;...

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

All war is based on deception.

All war is based on deception.

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a...

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a...

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it...

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it...

War is based on deception.

War is based on deception.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle...

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle...

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the...

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the...

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every...

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every...

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...