Sun Tzu - Win Quotes

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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.

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If you follow the enemy's shifts and changes, you can always find a way to win.

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Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their victories are not flukes because they position themselves where they will surely win, prevailing over those wh.

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In warfare, there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent will succeed and win.

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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

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Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.

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He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.

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He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor practices them, will surely be defeated.

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The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities.... It is best to win without fighting.

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Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.

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The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.

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Act after having made assessments. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins - this is the rule of armed struggle.

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

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

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So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.

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He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.

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He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

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To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the supreme of excellence. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.

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