Quotes About Tactics

The nature of water is that it avoids heights and hastens to the lowlands. When a dam is broken, the water cascades with irresistible force. Now the shape of an army resembles water. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; attack him when he does not expect it; avoid his strength and strike his emptiness, and like water, none can oppose you.

Comparar cuidadosamente el ejército enemigo con el propio, para saber donde abunda su fuerza y donde es deficiente.

masking strength with weakness is to be effected by tactical dispositions.

Reliance on intelligence alone results in rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness alone results in weakness. Fixation on trust results in folly. Dependence on the strength of courage results in violence. Excessive sternness of command results in cruelty. When one has all five virtues together, each appropriate to its function, then one can be a military leader.

Los soldados prisioneros deben ser bien tratados, para conseguir que en el futuro luchen para ti.

Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.

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.

El primero de estos factores es la doctrina; el segundo, el tiempo; el tercero, el terreno; el cuarto, el mando; y el quinto, la disciplina.

Si un general no es valiente, será incapaz de conquistar las dudas y de desarrollar grandes planes | Estimativos

When an advancing army enemy crosses water do not meet him at the water's edge. It is advantageous to allow half his force to cross and then strike.

5) Which army is stronger?

According as circumstances are favourable, one should modify one's plans.

1) La Ley Moral, (2) el Cielo, (3) la Tierra, (4) El Comandante, (5) El Método y la Disciplina.

Lo que de mí depende, puedo hacerlo; lo que depende del enemigo es incierto. | Disposiciones

El éxito en la guerra se alcanza cuidando de adaptarse permanentemente al propósito del enemigo.

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

The force which confronts the enemy is the normal; that which goes to his flanks the extraordinary. no commander of an army can wrest the advantage from the enemy without extraordinary forces.

Los buenos guerreros hacen que los adversarios vengan a ellos y de ningún modo se dejan atraer fuera de su fortaleza.

War doesn't have a permanent dynamic; a water doesn't have a permanent shape.

attacks a powerful state, his generalship shows itself in

War is based on deception; move determines advantage; divide and unity are the elements of change.

Victory belongs to a man who can conquer the cunningness of war, of deceit and fairness.

When ears don't hear, use gongs and drums. When eyes don't see, use flags and banners.