Monday, June 1, 2009

This General Ain't Going to Battle... Yet

"No retreat, no surrender"
- Spartan Law

I would never make it in Leonidas' army. I seriously don't have the abs for it. I prefer to listen to someone closer to my own kind... some fella who called himself Sun Tzu, who said

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
"

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."

But I've been blessed that I've got a few smartypants in my circle that give me gems that rival that of Sun Tzu's.

"Kadang kala dalam perjuangan, kita harus berundur seketika kerana berundur bukan bererti mengaku kalah tetapi sekadar untuk mengatur langkah"
- M.D. (he'll remain anon for now)

Translation? In battle, we need to take a step back sometimes, not cause we've concede defeat, but to rearrange formation. Closest saying that I've seen to it is "reculer pour mieux sauter" which is to pick your battles.

Lose the battle to win the war.

Hrm... it sounds so much better in Malay though ;)


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