Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.

Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy

And regulation entails organizational effectiveness, a chain of command, and a structure for logistical support.

Who can determine where one ends and the other begins?