Nobody roots for Goliath.

Everyone pulls for David, nobody pulls for Goliath.

There is no substitute for hard work.

-- Thomas Edison

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

-- Thomas Edison

一生懸命だと知恵が出る、中途半端だと愚痴が出る、いい加減だと言い訳が出る。

-- The 'Tiger of Kai' who transformed his landlocked mountain domain into one of Sengoku Japan's most formidable military powers

Forgetting is the natural grace that time bestows.

-- Yasushi Inoue

One only sees what one already knows and understands.

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life is too long to do nothing, yet too short to accomplish something.

-- Atsushi Nakajima