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art-of-war men confusion
Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampant. Niccolo Machiavelli
art-of-war doors enemy
If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in. Sun Tzu
art-of-war fighting numbers
The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points; and his forces being thus distributed in many directions, the numbers we shall have to face at any given point will be proportionately few.
art-of-war humble preparation
Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack are signs that he will retreat.
art-of-war law discipline
The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.
art-of-war army suffering
The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat: - let such a one be dismissed!
art-of-war army inadequate
One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.
art-of-war water shapes
Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
art-of-war fighting order
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.
fire sweatshops would-be
SoHo was called Hell's Hundred Acres because it was full of sweatshops - without fire escapes. Completely not up to code. Every once in a while, these buildings would burn and 26 Puerto Ricans would be killed. Carl Andre
fire ground line people saw toward
What the people on the ground saw was that line of fire proceeding back toward the fuselage. That's what they thought was a missile. Lee Kreindler
fire name people
When you say the name Ostertag, ... people are just spittin' fire.
fire house lawyer
The other day my house caught fire. My lawyer said, "Shouldn't be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?" I said, "Fire and theft." The lawyer frowned. "Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft." Alan King
fire simplicity world
To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. Charles Dudley Warner
fire skins spirituality
Under the skin, intense fires burn. Charles de Lint
fire age youth
A youth without fire is followed by an old age without experience. Charles Caleb Colton
fire liberty purpose
The French revolution was a .eune invented and constructed for the purpose of manufacturing liberty; but it had neither lever cogs, nor adjusting powers, and the consequences were that it worked so rapidly that it destroyed its own inventors, and set itself on fire.
fire forever steel
In most quarrels there is a fault on both sides. A quarrel may be compared to a spark, which cannot be produced without a flint, as well as steel. Either of them may hammer on wood forever; no fire will follow.
mountain matter born
Maybe when you were born on the top of the mountain you could pretend the mountain didn't matter, but those who climbed it and those born at its base who could never climb at all knew differently. Brent Weeks
mountain
...A mountain you're plannin' on climbin' ain't the same as the one you ain't. It ain't so pretty... David Mitchell
mountain
For the mountains shall depart Bryn Terfel
mountain groups terrible
Group texts are the worst. They're like a terrible, technological snowball, coming down a mountain, and you can't stop it. Jase Robertson
mountain building forbidden
All these buildings are like mountains I would like to climb, but I am forbidden. Alain Robert
mountain chile blockage
In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.' Alan Alda
mountain way
There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top. Al McGuire
mountain important life-is
Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain. Edmund Hillary
mountain desert painting
When you're on a highway, viewing the western U.S. with the mountains and the flatness and the desert and all that, it's very much like my paintings. Edward Ruscha