Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.

No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.

Life is like a long journey carrying a heavy burden. Never hurry.

-- The founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

If you do not know you may fall halfway through your work, you will not fall halfway through.

-- The visionary who brokered the alliance that overthrew Japan's feudal government and launched the country into modernity

I shall dedicate myself utterly, giving everything until death claims me.

-- The legendary chancellor and military strategist of the Shu Han kingdom during China's Three Kingdoms period

Promote talent and talent alone.

-- The dominant warlord of China's Three Kingdoms era

We will either find a way, or make one.

-- The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants and brought Rome to its knees

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

-- The British prime minister whose leadership during World War II embodied national defiance against Nazi Germany