SUN TZU

"You have to believe in yourself."

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

"There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen."

"It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy."

"Great results, can be achieved with small forces."

"Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots."

"If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things."

"Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,"

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete."

"Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose."

"Know yourself and you will win all battles"

"What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease."

"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."

"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."

"Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across."

"Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small."

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

"If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat."

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

"If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril."

"One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all."

"Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive."