Sun Tzu

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? 

All war is deception. 

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate. 

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved. 

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious. 

You have to believe in yourself. 

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. 

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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized. 

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. 

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

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories. 

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack. 

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

Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.