The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

児孫のために美田を買わず。

-- The charismatic giant who led Japan's Meiji Restoration through force of personality and moral authority

Eis ton kratiston. (To the strongest.)

-- The Macedonian king who conquered the known world before his thirtieth birthday

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

-- The Macedonian king who conquered the known world before his thirtieth birthday

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

-- The Macedonian king who conquered the known world before his thirtieth birthday

In war there is no substitute for victory.

-- The American general who commanded in the Pacific War and oversaw Japan's postwar occupation

My victories have left sufficient offspring: Leuctra and Mantinea.

-- The Theban general who shattered Sparta's military supremacy at Leuctra