1. “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”

— Sun Tzu

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2. “You have to believe in yourself. ”

— Sun Tzu

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

— Sun Tzu

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4. “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”

— Sun Tzu

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5. “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”

— Sun Tzu

6. “Every battle is won before it is fought.”

— Sun Tzu

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7. “To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.”

— Sun Tzu

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8. “In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.”

— Sun Tzu

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9. “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

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10. “Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.”

— Sun Tzu

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11. “If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.”

— Sun Tzu

12. “The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”

— Sun Tzu

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13. “When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.”

— Sun Tzu

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14. “One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.”

— Sun Tzu

15. “Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.”

— Sun Tzu

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16. “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”

— Sun Tzu

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17. “If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.”

— Sun Tzu

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

— Sun Tzu

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19. “All is fair in love and war.”

— Sun Tzu

20. “Know yourself and you will win all battles.”

— Sun Tzu

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21. “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”

— Sun Tzu

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22. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.”

— Sun Tzu

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23. “Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment – that which they cannot anticipate.”

— Sun Tzu

24. “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”

— Sun Tzu

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25. “Plan for what is difficult when it is easy, do what is great when it is small.”

— Sun Tzu

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26. “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

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27. “The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”

— Sun Tzu

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28. “Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.”

— Sun Tzu

29. “Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.”

— Sun Tzu

30. “The nature of war is constant change.”

— Sun Tzu

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31. “A battle avoided cannot be lost.”

— Sun Tzu

32. “Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.”

— Sun Tzu

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33. “Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.”

— Sun Tzu

34. “He who wishes to fight must first count the cost.”

— Sun Tzu

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35. “Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”

— Sun Tzu

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36. “If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.”

— Sun Tzu

37. “Great results can be achieved with small forces.”

— Sun Tzu

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38. “Know thyself, know thy enemy.”

— Sun Tzu

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39. “First learn to become invincible, then wait for your enemy’s moment of vulnerability.”

— Sun Tzu

40. “The true objective of war is peace.”

— Sun Tzu

41. “Do not engage an enemy more powerful than you. And if it is unavoidable and you do have to engage, then make sure you engage it on your terms, not on your enemy’s terms.”

— Sun Tzu

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42. “Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.”

— Sun Tzu

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43. “When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.”

— Sun Tzu

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44. “So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius.”

— Sun Tzu

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45. “To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”

— Sun Tzu

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46. “If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; whereas death is certain if you cling to your corner.”

— Sun Tzu

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47. “When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.”

— Sun Tzu

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48. “What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.”

— Sun Tzu

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49. “When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.”

— Sun Tzu

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50. “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. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.”

— Sun Tzu

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