Quotes About Strategy

1. Sun Tzu said: The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers. 2. Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.

La psicología de los soldados consiste en resistir cuando se ven rodeados, luchar cuando no se puede evitar y obedecer en casos extremos.

El día en que se declara la guerra, se cierran las fronteras, se rompen los salvoconductos y se impide el paso de emisarios.

Z tego powodu armia triumfuj?ca najpierw okre?la warunki zwyci?stwa, a dopiero potem podejmuje dzia?ania prowadz?ce do bitwy. Armia pokonana najpierw staje do walki, a potem szuka zwyci?stwa.

la utilización del fuego para apoyar un ataque significa claridad, y la utilización del agua para apoyar un ataque significa fuerza. El agua puede incomunicar, pero no puede arrasar.

Ganar combatiendo o llevar a cabo un asedio victorioso sin recompensar a los que han hecho méritos trae mala fortuna y se hace merecedor de ser llamado avaro. Por eso se dice que un gobierno esclarecido lo tiene en cuenta y que un buen mando militar recompensa el mérito. No moviliza a sus tropas cuando no hay ventajas que obtener, ni actúa cuando no hay nada que ganar, ni lucha cuando no existe peligro.

Si tus fuerzas son diez veces superiores a las del adversario, rodéalo; si son cinco veces superiores, atácalo; si son dos veces superiores, divídelo. Si tus fuerzas son iguales en número, lucha si te es posible. Si tus fuerzas son inferiores, mantente continuamente en guardia, pues el más pequeño fallo te acarrearía las peores consecuencias

Las armas son instrumentos de mal augurio y la guerra es un asunto peligroso. Es indispensable impedir una derrota desastrosa y, por lo tanto, no vale la pena movilizar un ejército por razones insignificantes: Las armas sólo deben utilizarse cuando no existe otro remedio.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

discuss the art of war."3 It seems likely, then, that

la mejor victoria es vencer sin combatir"

a skilful general given free rein by the ruler, brings victory.

El enemigo que actúa aisladamente, que carece de estrategia y que toma a la ligera a sus adversarios, inevitablemente acabará siendo derrotado.

18. Hence the saying: 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.

took part in the expedition, and also that its success was largely due to the dash and enterprise of Fu Kai, Ho Lu's younger brother, it is not easy to see how yet another general could have played a very prominent

Understand both yourself and your enemy, and you shall always emerge victorious

What enables the enlightened rulers and good generals to conquer the enemy at every move and achieve extraordinary success is foreknowledge.

If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him. Though an obstinate fight may be made by a small force, in the end it must be captured by the larger force.

Perform your calculations for everything liable to calculation, but also think very deeply about what people are capable of.

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

If you are near the enemy, make him believe you are far from him. If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are now

Put them in a spot where they have no place to go, and they will die before fleeing.

It is best to win without fighting.

This is a war against lies. If we want to win, we can't attack in straight lines.