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Top 350 Sun Tzu Quotes (2025 Update)
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Sun Tzu Quote: “If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that which he is obliged to rescue.”

351. “If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that which he is obliged to rescue.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy’s one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.”

352. “It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy’s one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “To maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.”

353. “To maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Knowledge of the enemy’s dispositions can only be obtained from other men.”

354. “Knowledge of the enemy’s dispositions can only be obtained from other men.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.”

355. “Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “According to my assessment, even if you have many more troops than others, how can that help you to victory?”

356. “According to my assessment, even if you have many more troops than others, how can that help you to victory?”

Sun Tzu Quote: “If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.”

357. “If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision.”

358. “Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Who can determine where one ends and the other begins?”

359. “Who can determine where one ends and the other begins?”

Sun Tzu Quote: “One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.”

360. “One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.”

361. “Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “The control of large numbers is possible, and like unto that of small numbers, if we subdivide them.”

362. “The control of large numbers is possible, and like unto that of small numbers, if we subdivide them.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.”

363. “Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.”

364. “When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss.”

365. “Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land cannot maneuver their forces. Those who do not use local guides cannot take advantage of the ground.”

366. “Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land cannot maneuver their forces. Those who do not use local guides cannot take advantage of the ground.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.”

367. “Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy is prepared for your coming, and you fail to defeat him, then, return being impossible, disaster will ensue.”

368. “From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy is prepared for your coming, and you fail to defeat him, then, return being impossible, disaster will ensue.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.”

369. “To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots, and there wait for him to come up.”

370. “With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots, and there wait for him to come up.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.”

371. “Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.”

372. “When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.”

373. “The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.”

Sun Tzu Quote: “The General who in advancing does not seek personal fame, and in withdrawing is not concerned with avoiding punishment, but whose only purpose is to protect the people and promote the best interests of his sovereign, is the precious jewel of the state.”

374. “The General who in advancing does not seek personal fame, and in withdrawing is not concerned with avoiding punishment, but whose only purpose is to protect the people and promote the best interests of his sovereign, is the precious jewel of the state.”

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