Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Source: The Art of War, ch. 3, axiom 2 (c. 490 B.C.; ed. by James Clavell, 1981).
-- Sun Tzu [Wu], ( BC 535-228), Chinese military strategist; The Sun Tzu Art of War explains the theory of managing soldiers and is still widely in business, economy, and military affairs.