To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the
opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Sunzi said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Thus the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

An enemy has to be defeated in battle, but an adversary’s different. You must outwit an adversary.

We have met the enemy and it is us.

To become the enemy, see yourself as the enemy of the enemy

Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.

To defeat your enemy you absolutely must stoop to its tactics. The whole idea that you shouldn't is something your enemy came up with.

They have to have an enemy. They have to create you as their enemy in order for them to continue their existence. It’s very ironic.

We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition.

"To become the enemy" means to think yourself in the enemy's position