Speed is the best friend of surprise.

Hard in training, easy in battle.

What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle.

The bullet is a fool; the bayonet is a fine fellow.

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

-- Mōri Motonari

A million hearts as one.

-- Mōri Motonari

I came as dew, I vanish as dew — all that I was, all I achieved at Naniwa, is a dream within a dream.

-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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

-- Takeda Shingen

Concentrate your attack on a single point. Do nothing that is wasteful.

-- Oda Nobunaga

The ancients said: after victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

-- Tōgō Heihachirō