Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
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Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
What's your favorite aphorism in The Art of War?
Mine is, "Rush down like a mountain stream; fill every crevice."
Mine is, "Rush down like a mountain stream; fill every crevice."
"Goddamn it, they're gittin' away!!"
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death. - Sun Tzu
"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
There is an approximate quote that I heard long ago. It was loosely attributed to a Chinese general, but that may or may not be true. Anyway, it goes:
A poor decision, quickly made and instantly acted upon, fathers a greater chance of success than the perfect plan too long pondered.
A poor decision, quickly made and instantly acted upon, fathers a greater chance of success than the perfect plan too long pondered.
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
"Hit 'em where they ain't."
Wait, that's Wee Willie Keeler, late of the Baltimore Orioles. Still, good idea.
Wait, that's Wee Willie Keeler, late of the Baltimore Orioles. Still, good idea.
"Goddamn it, they're gittin' away!!"
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
I think the purple cinch is just simply adorable. Can't wait to see the spring collection.
"Goddamn it, they're gittin' away!!"
- unknown tincan sailor near the end of Leyte Gulf, when Kurita retired
- unknown tincan sailor near the end of Leyte Gulf, when Kurita retired
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
warspite1ORIGINAL: HexHead
I think the purple cinch is just simply adorable. Can't wait to see the spring collection.
I don't recall that being one of Sun Tzu's aphorism's.......
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Sun Tzu spent a lot of time at courts and palaces - he knew the importance of the right fashion statement.
"Goddamn it, they're gittin' away!!"
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
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What's your favorite aphorism in The Art of War?
"Always get extra pancakes with the plum sauce."
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Not extra sauce with the pancakes?
"Goddamn it, they're gittin' away!!"
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
ORIGINAL: HexHead
Not extra sauce with the pancakes?
I always run out of the pancakes. Go figure. [:)]
(I'm a plum rationer apparently)
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Well, the pancakes are obviously not going into your lithe figure, they must be accreting into your antlers. Although, you've got one heck of an overhang, have you seen an orthodontist about that?ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
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Not extra sauce with the pancakes?
I always run out of the pancakes. Go figure. [:)]
(I'm a plum rationer apparently)
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ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Well, the pancakes are obviously not going into your lithe figure, they must be accreting into your antlers. Although, you've got one heck of an overhang, have you seen an orthodontist about that?ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
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Not extra sauce with the pancakes?
I always run out of the pancakes. Go figure. [:)]
(I'm a plum rationer apparently)
Nah. The campers I run down and trample to death don't seem to mind the teeth.
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
My favorite is:
"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
When I finished serving as our battalion S2 (Intel officer), my commander gave me a copy of Sun Tzu's book as a parting gift, I still have it.
"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
When I finished serving as our battalion S2 (Intel officer), my commander gave me a copy of Sun Tzu's book as a parting gift, I still have it.
Just when I get the hang of a game, I buy two more...
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
I don't have any favorite Sun Tzu sayings. As far as I know, I don't know any Sun Tzu sayings. Other than what I can glean from the title of this thread, I don't know who Sun Tzu is or was.
Down here in the South, there is pretty much just one favorite military saying, "Git thar the firstest with the mostest." (I'm not sure Nathan Forrest actually said this - or said it quite like this - but it's universally famous nonetheless.)
Down here in the South, there is pretty much just one favorite military saying, "Git thar the firstest with the mostest." (I'm not sure Nathan Forrest actually said this - or said it quite like this - but it's universally famous nonetheless.)
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Alas, it was the lack of a carrier fleet that doomed the South.
"Goddamn it, they're gittin' away!!"
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warspite1ORIGINAL: HexHead
Sun Tzu spent a lot of time at courts and palaces - he knew the importance of the right fashion statement.
True, but I'd be surprised if he said it - after all, Purple was just so yesterday dahrling!
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
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I don't have any favorite Sun Tzu sayings. As far as I know, I don't know any Sun Tzu sayings. Other than what I can glean from the title of this thread, I don't know who Sun Tzu is or was.
Down here in the South, there is pretty much just one favorite military saying, "Git thar the firstest with the mostest." (I'm not sure Nathan Forrest actually said this - or said it quite like this - but it's universally famous nonetheless.)
I prefer "Keep up the Skeer."
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
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I don't have any favorite Sun Tzu sayings. As far as I know, I don't know any Sun Tzu sayings. Other than what I can glean from the title of this thread, I don't know who Sun Tzu is or was.
Down here in the South, there is pretty much just one favorite military saying, "Git thar the firstest with the mostest." (I'm not sure Nathan Forrest actually said this - or said it quite like this - but it's universally famous nonetheless.)
I prefer "Keep up the Skeer."
And this under-reported gem from NBF: "The what Proclamation?"
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