相撲は正々堂々と取るものだ

I am not yet a wooden rooster (I have not yet achieved the state of perfect inner stillness).

不自由を常と思えば不足なし。

-- The founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

He who plans more, wins. He who plans less, loses.

-- A Sengoku-era daimyo who transformed a single prov

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

If the cuckoo will not sing, kill it.

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

Wisdom that comes only after hearing others' opinions is not true wisdom.

-- The peasant who became ruler of all Japan

Establish your purpose, and make it the source of all things.

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