Courage without prudence is mere recklessness.

A general's greatest weapon is the trust of his soldiers.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

Rise early in the morning, retire early at night.

-- The man who invented the Sengoku period's model of conquest

The ancients said: after victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

-- The admiral who destroyed the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima

I share the same clothing and food as the lowest-ranking soldier.

-- A 4th-century BCE Chinese general and military the

子供には物を与えるな、苦労をさせよ

-- The Japanese general whose siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War became synonymous with both the terrible cost of modern warfare and the samurai ideal of duty unto death

A conqueror must wield both the sword and the law.

-- The Turco-Mongol conqueror who built an empire fro

No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training.

-- The Theban general who shattered Sparta's military supremacy at Leuctra