If the cuckoo will not sing, wait until it does.

堪忍は無事長久の基、怒りは敵と思え。

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Military Strategists

Tokugawa Ieyasu

The founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate, who achieved through patience what others sought through force (1543-1616). After decades of subordination, strategic waiting, and calculated alliance-building, Ieyasu won the decisive Battle of Sekigahara and established a dynasty that ruled Japan in peace for 260 years.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu's Other Quotes

There is nothing to be done about it.

There is nothing to be done about it.

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

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

There is nothing to be done about it.

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There is nothing to be done about it.

-- Tokugawa Ieyasu

There is nothing to be done about it.

-- Tokugawa Ieyasu

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

-- Tokugawa Ieyasu

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

-- Tokugawa Ieyasu

There is nothing to be done about it.

-- Tokugawa Ieyasu

There is nothing to be done about it.

-- Tokugawa Ieyasu