A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

Youth on horseback has passed. The world is at peace and white hairs multiply. With what remains of life that heaven permits, how can I not enjoy it?

-- Date Masamune

This man might be the one to seize the realm.

-- Kuroda Yoshitaka

In Shingen's art of war, it is said one should value the later victory. That may be so, but I value the first victory.

-- Uesugi Kenshin

Fortune lies in heaven. Armor lies in the heart. Achievement lies in the legs.

-- Uesugi Kenshin

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

-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi

In war, a victory of sixty percent is the best. Total victory breeds complacency.

-- Takeda Shingen