All battles are won before they start.
If you are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong.
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.
What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge.
Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy