Never leave an enemy behind, or it will rise again to fly at your throat.

Strike an enemy once and for all. Let him cease to exist as a tribe or he will live to fly at your throat again.

The spear that is thrown is lost.

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

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

-- The British prime minister whose leadership during World War II embodied national defiance against Nazi Germany

I shall return.

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

Your Majesty, I still have twelve warships.

-- The Korean naval commander who defeated the Japanese navy in every engagement during the Imjin War

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

-- Ernest Hemingway

One need not be afraid of anyone. If one fears someone, it is because one has given that person power over oneself.

-- Hermann Hesse