Famous Sun Tzu Quotes

  • A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. – Sun Tzu

    A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.– Sun Tzu

  • So long as victory can be attained,  stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness. – Sun Tzu

    So long as victory can be attained,  stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.– Sun Tzu

  • The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. – Sun Tzu

    The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.– Sun Tzu

  • These military devices, leading to victory, must not be divulged beforehand. – Sun Tzu

    These military devices, leading to victory, must not be divulged beforehand.– Sun Tzu

  • who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits – Sun Tzu

    who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits– Sun Tzu

  • do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat – Sun Tzu

    do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat– Sun Tzu

  • If his forces are united, separate them. – Sun Tzu

    If his forces are united, separate them.– Sun Tzu

  • Ground on which we can only be saved from destruction by fighting without delay, is desperate ground. – Sun Tzu

    Ground on which we can only be saved from destruction by fighting without delay, is desperate ground.– Sun Tzu

  • Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected. – Sun Tzu

    Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.– Sun Tzu

  • Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive. – Sun Tzu

    Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.– Sun Tzu