Fifty years of human life -- compared to the realm beneath heaven, it is but a dream, an illusion.

There is no use deliberating now.

Hold fast to your ideals and live by your convictions. Those who lose sight of their ideals and convictions have already lost before the battle begins.

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

I share the same clothing and food as the lowest-ranking soldier.

-- Wu Qi

In all the ways of war, nothing surpasses unity. He who attains unity can advance and retreat alone.

-- Wu Qi