Quotes About Strategy

The tank, the submarine, the torpedo, the machine-gun, even the rifle and the hand grenade are still in use.

War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

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.

My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.

Follow the plan until it goes to shit, and then kill everything that isn't human.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.

Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.

One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.

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

You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.

It is in the time of peace that the instruments of war are built.

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

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.

The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

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.

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country, " he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.

He thinks Goliath can end the war, " Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all, " Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.

In the art of war, if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the approaching battles. But if you know only yourself and not the enemy, for every victory, there will also be defeat.

Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.