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| | == Sun Tzu quotes == | | == Sun Tzu quotes == |
| − | | + | *"If you understand the enemy and yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you understand yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you understand neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17976-if-you-know-the-enemy-and-know-yourself-you-need Sun Tzu quote]</ref> |
| − | *"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle." | |
| | *“The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.” | | *“The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.” |
| | *"The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution." | | *"The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution." |
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| | *“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.” | | *“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.” |
| | *"Ground in which the army survives only if it fights with the courage of desperation is called 'death.' ...In death ground I could make it evident that there is no chance of survival. For it is the nature of soldiers to resist when surrounded; to fight to the death when there is no alternative, and when desperate to follow commands implicitly.” | | *"Ground in which the army survives only if it fights with the courage of desperation is called 'death.' ...In death ground I could make it evident that there is no chance of survival. For it is the nature of soldiers to resist when surrounded; to fight to the death when there is no alternative, and when desperate to follow commands implicitly.” |
| − | *"If you understand the enemy and yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you understand yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you understand neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17976-if-you-know-the-enemy-and-know-yourself-you-need</ref>
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| | == Articles on the Sun Tzu quote "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting" == | | == Articles on the Sun Tzu quote "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting" == |