48 Quotes About Art-of-war

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.

Sir, leadership is not the exertion of power and control alone. Rather it is the strategic use of enlightened thought and well-intentioned actions.

It is a basic tenet of the warrior code I live by that people—not technology—are tasked with making the world a better place.

The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.

IT IS BEST TO FIGHT A BATTLE OR WAR IN ENEMY TERRITORY BECAUSE IF WE WIN, WE CAPTURE THEIR TERRITORY & RESOURCES, AND IF WE LOSE, WE RETURN BACK WITH ZERO LOSS OF OUR TERRITORY & LIMITED RESOURCES.

It is good to know one's enemy.It is better to know one's self.

The Sun Tzu School Ping-fa Directive. Be strong and continually aware. Manage your strength and that of others. When essential, engage on your terms. Be observant, adaptive, and subtle. Do not lose control. Act decisively. Conclude quickly. Don't Fight!

Not sure how you can get them to him without looking like a crazy stalker chick," Micah says."You think I'm a crazy stalker chick?""You're using an ancient war manual to try to win back your boyfriend. I think you're a girl who will do whatever it takes to get what she wants," he says. "Hey, at least you're committed.

The Sun Tzu School (which wrote the Art of War) surely never imagined that their antiwar, pro-empire treatise would become known and accepted after the fall of the first empire as a text on military tactics. Likewise, they would have been surprised to see the Ping-fa military metaphor—an inspired teaching device—come to be seen as the message and not the medium.