Intelligence is worth a thousand soldiers.

What is won by the sword must be defended by the sword.

He who does not advance, retreats.

I was originally a commoner, tilling the fields at Nanyang.

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

唯才是挙、吾得而用之。

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

My victories have left sufficient offspring: Leuctra and Mantinea.

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

A cowardly pride and an arrogant sense of shame.

-- Atsushi Nakajima

I wish to die as Mori Rintaro, a man of Iwami.

-- Mori Ogai

I wanted the world to know that my country, Ethiopia, has always won with determination and heroism.

-- Born in Jato, Ethiopia in 1932, Abebe Bikila ran the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon barefoot and won - then defended his title wearing shoes at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He heralded the era of African distance running dominance. From Imperial Guard to Olympic champion to paraplegic after a car accident, his