“Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.”
More from Sun Tzu on Strategy
“The art of war is the art of deception.”
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
“To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.”
“Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.”
“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.”
“Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.”
“Invincibility lies in the defence the possibility of victory in the attack.”
Others on Strategy
Colin Powell
1 quote“Hope is not a strategy”
Margaret Thatcher
1 quote“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”
Ulysses S. Grant
1 quote“If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.”
Virgil
1 quote“Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?”