Insights from Sun Tzu’s Art of War – Timeless Quotes for Success

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

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. – 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

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. – Sun Tzu

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. – Sun Tzu

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle. – Sun Tzu

Opportunities multiply as they are seized. – Sun Tzu

Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. – Sun Tzu

All warfare is based on deception. – Sun Tzu

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands. – Sun Tzu

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. – Sun Tzu

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. – Sun Tzu

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move. – Sun Tzu

The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. – Sun Tzu

Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy’s unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots. – Sun Tzu

Insights from Sun Tzu’s Art of War – Timeless Quotes for Success part 2

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. – Sun Tzu

Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances. – Sun Tzu

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

Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack. – Sun Tzu

The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy’s will to be imposed on him. – Sun Tzu

Know yourself and you will win all battles. – Sun Tzu

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare. – Sun Tzu

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. – Sun Tzu

The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy and does not require too much from individuals. – Sun Tzu

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

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance. – Sun Tzu

If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. – Sun Tzu

You have to believe in yourself. – Sun Tzu

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained, you will also suffer a defeat. – Sun Tzu

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. – Sun Tzu

The greatest general is not the one who wins the battles but rather the one who wins without fighting. – Sun Tzu

If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things. – Sun Tzu

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across. – Sun Tzu

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

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities. – Sun Tzu

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. – Sun Tzu

There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. – Sun Tzu

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable. – Sun Tzu

There is no instance of a military benefitting from prolonged warfare. – Sun Tzu

Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. – Sun Tzu

Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be in peril. – Sun Tzu

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril. – Sun Tzu

Who wishes to fight must first count the cost. – Sun Tzu

A wise ruler does not reward an unintentional treason, punishes an unintentional act of valor, and encourages an intentional act of treason. – Sun Tzu

One may know how to conquer without being able to do it. – Sun Tzu