Champions are not made in the ring, they are merely recognized there.

Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

There is no substitute for hard work.

-- Thomas Edison

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

-- Thomas Edison

Rise early in the morning, retire early at night.

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

一生懸命だと知恵が出る、中途半端だと愚痴が出る、いい加減だと言い訳が出る。

-- The 'Tiger of Kai' who transformed his landlocked mountain domain into one of Sengoku Japan's most formidable military powers

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 few disciplined men are worth more than a disorganized multitude.

-- The Byzantine Empire's greatest general