The greatest joy of a conqueror is to drive his enemies before him, to seize their horses and treasure, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

A single arrow is easily broken, but a bundle of arrows cannot be broken.

He who cannot govern himself cannot govern others.

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

-- Zeno of Citium

Excess benevolence becomes weakness. Excess righteousness becomes rigidity.

-- Date Masamune

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