Quotes About Control

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

Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. 

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible, and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

It is best to keep one's own state intact; to crush the enemy's state is only second best.

Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may control the situation.

One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.

The general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men to the assault like swarming ants, with the result that one-third of his men are slain, while the town still remains untaken. Such are the disastrous effects of a siege.

One cat at the hole, and ten thousand mice dare not come out; one tiger in the valley, and ten thousand deer cannot pass through.

Those skilled in warfare move the enemy, and are not moved by the enemy.

Soldiers must be first treated in the first instance with humanity, but kept under control by means of iron discipline.

prohibit omens altogether. You can best predict your future by controlling it yourself, not by trusting luck or fate to control it.

Therefore, the skillful commander imposes his will on the enemy by making the enemy come to him instead of being brought to the enemy.

Using order to deal with the disorderly, using calm to deal with the clamorous, is mastering the heart.

King's favorite concubines at the head of each. He then bade them all take spears in their hands, and addressed them thus: "I presume you know the difference between front and back, right hand and left hand?

He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. 23.

Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous.

A sovereign should never launch an army out of anger, a leader should never start a war out of wrath

Utilizar el orden para enfrentarse al desorden, utilizar la calma para enfrentarse con los que se agitan, esto es dominar el corazón.

to be well-fed while the enemy is famished: — this is the art of husbanding one's strength.

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