“The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.”
“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”
“There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win. ”
“One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.”
“It is regrettable to spend one's life in a battle that ends with no victory nor defeat, to consume it in another battle that ends with a defeat, and in a third that ends with his victory over his brother.”
“Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war”