المنتصرون يخطّطون بفعالية ويغيّرون بحسم؛ هم كنهرٍ عظيمٍ يحفظ مجراه ويكيّف جريانه... لهم صورةٌ وهم بلا صورة، ماهرون في التخطيط والتكيّف، ولا يخشون نتيجة ألف معركة، لأنهم ينتصرون قبل المعركة، فيهزمون من قد هُزموا أصلًا.

“Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow...they have form but are formless. They are skilled in both planning and adapting and need not fear the result of a thousand battles: for they win in advance, defeating those that have already lost.”Sun Tzu