Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him.
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills.
Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
So the principles of warfare are: Do not depend on the enemy not coming, but depend on our readiness against him. Do not depend on the enemy not attacking, but depend on our position that cannot be attacked.
What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy.
Know the enemy, know yourself; your victory will never be endangered. Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be total.
Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.
Stop whining. You’re not a victim. You’re a victor.
Regardless of how much is left in the tank, you gotta fight back!
The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.
Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
Never give in, never back down.
Budo is simply the study of the best ways to kill.
She was Aelin Ashryver Galathynius- and she would not be afraid.
A kingdom man is the kind of man that when his feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says, ‘Oh crap, he’s up!’
Even if you don’t win you learn. So there’s no losing. You win the fight or you learn.
When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today.
Why can I not fight for my country too?
SORE TODAY, STRONG TOMORROW.