The bullet is a fool; the bayonet is a fine fellow.

What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle.

Win with ability, not with numbers.

Hard in training, easy in battle.

Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as fire, immovable as the mountain.

-- Takeda Shingen

信玄の兵法に、のちの勝ちを大切にするとある。それもよいが、わしは先の勝ちを大切にする。

-- Uesugi Kenshin

I do not mind hardship — only let it be hardship that matters.

-- Takasugi Shinsaku

兵は拙速を聞くも、未だ巧久を睹ざるなり。

-- Sun Tzu

The die is cast.

-- Julius Caesar

He who defends everything defends nothing.

-- Frederick II of Prussia