Essentials for Victory

1.  He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2.  He will win who knows ho to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3.  He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4.  He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5.  He will win who has military capacity and is not interefered with by the sovereign.

-Sun Tzu, The Art of War