"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious."

"To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

"For 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."

"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."

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