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。

People are the castle, people are the walls, people are the moat. Compassion makes allies; cruelty makes enemies.

Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as fire, immovable as the mountain.

Fortune lies in heaven. Armor lies in the heart. Achievement lies in the legs.

-- The 'Dragon of Echigo' — a Sengoku-era warlord whose devotion to righteous warfare and Buddhist faith made him Japan's most paradoxical military figure

This man might be the one to seize the realm.

-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi's chief strategist and the architect of his greatest victories

The Empire's fate depends on this battle. Let every man do his utmost duty.

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

To achieve the objective, do not be choosy about methods.

-- The ruthlessly effective architect of modern Japan who built the Meiji state's institutions while his more charismatic peers took the glory

I do not mind hardship — only let it be hardship that matters.

-- The radical samurai who created Japan's first modern militia and ignited the revolution that ended feudal rule

Making this uninteresting world interesting.

-- The radical samurai who created Japan's first modern militia and ignited the revolution that ended feudal rule