1,050 Quotes About Strategy

You have to be strategic in your action

The chain is only as strong as its weakestlink, for if that fails the chain fails and the object that it has been holding up falls to the ground.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

who wishes to fight must first count the cost

Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.

Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.