Quotes by 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.

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

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

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

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

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

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

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