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Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 1:58 pm
by HexHead
What's your favorite aphorism in The Art of War?
Mine is, "Rush down like a mountain stream; fill every crevice."
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 2:53 pm
by RevRick
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
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:11 pm
by Don Bowen
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.
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:44 pm
by Chickenboy
Strive to strike emptiness with fullness.
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:47 pm
by HexHead
"Hit 'em where they ain't."
Wait, that's Wee Willie Keeler, late of the Baltimore Orioles. Still, good idea.
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:36 pm
by geofflambert
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RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:43 pm
by HexHead
I think the purple cinch is just simply adorable. Can't wait to see the spring collection.
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:51 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: HexHead
I think the purple cinch is just simply adorable. Can't wait to see the spring collection.
warspite1
I don't recall that being one of Sun Tzu's aphorism's.......
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 7:29 pm
by HexHead
Sun Tzu spent a lot of time at courts and palaces - he knew the importance of the right fashion statement.
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 7:46 pm
by Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: HexHead
What's your favorite aphorism in The Art of War?
"Always get extra pancakes with the plum sauce."
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 7:57 pm
by HexHead
Not extra sauce with the pancakes?
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:40 pm
by Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: HexHead
Not extra sauce with the pancakes?
I always run out of the pancakes. Go figure. [:)]
(I'm a plum rationer apparently)
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 11:52 pm
by geofflambert
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: HexHead
Not extra sauce with the pancakes?
I always run out of the pancakes. Go figure. [:)]
(I'm a plum rationer apparently)
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?
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 12:00 am
by Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: HexHead
Not extra sauce with the pancakes?
I always run out of the pancakes. Go figure. [:)]
(I'm a plum rationer apparently)
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?
Nah. The campers I run down and trample to death don't seem to mind the teeth.
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 12:59 am
by Justus2
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.
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 1:49 am
by Canoerebel
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.)
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 1:58 am
by HexHead
Alas, it was the lack of a carrier fleet that doomed the South.
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 3:03 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: HexHead
Sun Tzu spent a lot of time at courts and palaces - he knew the importance of the right fashion statement.
warspite1
True, but I'd be surprised if he said it - after all, Purple was just so yesterday dahrling!
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 4:50 am
by John 3rd
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
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."
RE: Favorite Sun Tzu sayings
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 10:11 am
by Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: John 3rd
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
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?"