Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.

It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

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

Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain

A leader leads by example not by force.

The smell of home was indistinguishable from the smell of leaving home: each inhalation a mix of familiarity and fear.

Lose yourself in the music, not the fog

Is life a fantasy or fairy tales?

Sometimes it seems that men--yes, and even women too!--if they believe in a thing strongly enough, they get a strength or endurance that they wouldn't have believe possible.

From their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.

Yellow shirts have brightened immigration demonstrations across the country

Grateful for his mistakes, man should be the gods, because by overcoming the faults the stronger force is developed.

If someone is self-aware, then they can always continue to grow. If they're not self-aware, I think it's harder for them to evolve or adapt beyond who they already are.