To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Quote by Sun Tzu

Topics: Conquest Quotes

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;...

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will...

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will...

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

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 there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to...

So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to...

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is...

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is...

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...

Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall...

Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall...

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.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's...

The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's...

A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy.

A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy.

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

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

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

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

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.

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and...

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and...

Do not press an enemy at bay.

Do not press an enemy at bay.

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend;...

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend;...

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than...

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than...

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory...

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory...