Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

Those lacking the spirit of independence inevitably depend on others, and those who depend on others inevitably fear them.

-- Fukuzawa Yukichi

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

-- Uesugi Kenshin

The greatest warrior in Japan.

-- Sanada Yukimura

Come and take them.

-- Leonidas I

Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands.

-- Leonidas I

Act, and God will act.

-- Joan of Arc