Sun Tzu

“You have to believe in yourself. ”

“If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .”

“know yourself and you will win all battles”

“Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine”

“If quick, I survive.If not quick, I am lost.This is "death.”

“No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify hisown spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, staywhere you are.Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeededby content.But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come againinto being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.”

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

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

“Water shapes its course according to the nature of the groundover which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relationto the foe whom he is facing.”

“Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.”

“In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack--thedirect and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise toan endless series of maneuvers.”

“The control of a large force is the same principleas the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing uptheir numbers.”

“To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”

“Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: 1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. 2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. 4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. 5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”

“It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one,to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous,to divide our army into two.”

“It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.”

“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.”

“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”

“Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.”

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

“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”

“When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.”

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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

“Si utilizas al enemigo para derrotar al enemigo, serás poderoso en cualquier lugar a donde vayas”