Show them how, explain it to them, let them try it, then praise them — otherwise people will not act.

男の修行とは、苦しいことを笑ってすることだ

I shall run wild for six months to a year, but I have utterly no confidence for the second and third years.

In matters of great importance, do not consult others — decide alone after thorough deliberation.

-- The 'One-Eyed Dragon' of northern Japan who carved

If the cuckoo will not sing, kill it.

-- The revolutionary warlord who dismantled feudal Japan's medieval order and launched the country toward unification

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

War is merely the continuation of politics by other means.

-- The Prussian military theorist whose 'On War' became the most influential work of strategic theory in Western history

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

-- The American general who commanded in the Pacific War and oversaw Japan's postwar occupation

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

-- The Mamluk sultan who stopped the Mongol advance at Ain Jalut