He who is ashamed of slave origins is no true warrior.

What is won by the sword must be defended by the sword.

He who does not advance, retreats.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

-- A 5th-century BCE Chinese military theorist whose

Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.

-- The British general who defeated Napoleon at Water

Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both.

-- The 'Desert Fox' whose North African campaigns made him the most respected German general of World War II among both allies and enemies

There are no second acts in American lives.

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

-- Fyodor Dostoevsky

A professional gives everything precisely when things are most difficult.

-- Born in Beppu