Quotes About Preparation

An outstanding perfection is not in winning every battle, but in defeating an enemy before entering a battle.

Those who don't know themselves nor the enemy shall suffer failure in every battle.

If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles...

Those who do not know the conditions of mountains and forests, hazardous defiles, marshes and swamps, cannot conduct the march of an army. Those who do not use local guides are unable to obtain the advantages of the ground.

La defensa es para tiempos de escasez, el ataque para tiempos de abundancia.

Numerical weakness comes from having to prepare against possible attacks; numerical strength, from compelling our adversary to make these preparations against us.

Im Frieden bereite dich auf den Krieg vor, im Krieg bereite dich auf den Frieden vor.

Victory belongs to the side that scores most in temple calculations before battle

A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle; an army destined to defeat fights in the hope of winning.

Um soldado experiente, uma vez em marcha, nunca fica desorientado; uma vez que levantou acampamento, nunca fica perplexo;. Daí o ditado: se você conhece seu inimigo e a si mesmo, sua vitória não será posta em dúvida; se você conhece o Céu e a Terra, pode torná-la completa.

Si conoces al enemigo y te conoces a ti mismo, no debes temer el resultado de cien batallas. Si te conoces a ti mismo, pero no al enemigo, por cada victoria obtenida también sufrirás una derrota. Si no sabes nada ni del enemigo ni de ti mismo, sucumbirás en todas las batallas.

DüÅŸman? tan?yor ve kendini tan?yorsan, yüzlerce sava??n sonucundan korkmana gerek yok.

Protegernos contra la derrota está en nuestras manos, pero la oportunidad de derrotar al enemigo proviene siempre del enemigo.

war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.

Správným zp?sobem jak ?elit úto?ící armádÄ› není doufat, že nepÃ…â"¢ijde, ale naopak pÃ…â"¢ipravit se co nejlépe na její pÃ…â"¢íchod.

A skillful warrior doesn't depend on enemy's absence, but on his own readiness.

Secure the defense by defending unattacked.

Know the enemy, know yourself; your victory will never be endangered. Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be total.

One ignorant of the plans of neighboring states cannot prepare alliances in good time; if ignorant of the conditions of mountains, forests, dangerous defiles, swamps and marshes he cannot conduct the march of an army; if he fails to make use of native guides he cannot gain the advantages of the ground. A general ignorant of even one of these three matters is unfit to command the armies of a Hegemonic King.

Si los parlamentarios del enemigo pronuncian discursos llenos de humildad, pero continúa con sus preparativos, es que va a avanzar.

The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources.

He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable

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.