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"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."
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"Fortunate are those who take the first steps."

"The big miracle you await will likely first appear in a small encounter or chance event. So always be aware and open, you never know what today will bring."

"Loss is the uninvited door that extends us an unexpected invitation to unimaginable possibilities."

"No great man ever complains of want of opportunity."

"Don't wait for the opportunity, create it."

"One who doesn't recognise an opportunity is bigger loser than one who tries his hand at an opportunity."

"Just like watering the field will cause both the desired seed and the undesirable weed to germinate, the opportunities for your mission in life will be equally presented with real-life threats."

"No noble opportunity is small. Mind small opportunities with noble traits, though they may seem quite uncanny at first sight; in the mind, you shall wonder!"

"It is the ultimate opportunity of a lifetime to try to understand the dreams and desires of a blooming flower."

"A golden opportunity may turn into silver if you wait too long to take advantage of it."
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"Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend, march swiftly to places where you are not expected."


"For should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak."


"Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength."


"If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected ."


"If, on the other hand, in the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune."


"The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them."


"If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve."


"It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two."


"If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him. Though an obstinate fight may be made by a small force, in the end it must be captured by the larger force."
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