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War
 
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
- General George Patton (1885-1945)
 
So the rule for use of the military is that if you outnumber the opponent ten to one, then surround them; five to one, attack; two to one, divide.
- Sun Tzu
Defence is for times of insufficiency, attack is for times of surplus.
- Sun Tzu

Wealth
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.
- Robert Orben

Winning
 
Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
- Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956)
Winning isn't everything but losing isn't anything.
- Anonymous
A victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.
- Sun Tzu
 
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
- Gore Vidal

Work

 
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
 
They intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.
- Aldous Huxley
 
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.
- Robert Orben