For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.

Correct your mistake as soon as you have found it.

All wars are won or lost before they are ever fought.

To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape.

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

Unless you know the mountains and the forests, the defiles and impasses, the lay of the marshes and swamps, you cannot maneuver with an armed force. Unless you use local guides, you cannot get the advantages of the land.

You can ensure the success of your attacks if you only attack places that are undefended. You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked. Therefore, that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.