Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

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.

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

-- Zeno of Citium

After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

-- Kuroda Yoshitaka

Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden. Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

-- Tokugawa Ieyasu

If you do not know you may fall halfway through your work, you will not fall halfway through.

-- Sakamoto Ryōma

I shall dedicate myself utterly, giving everything until death claims me.

-- Zhuge Liang

Without detachment, one cannot clarify purpose; without tranquility, one cannot reach far.

-- Zhuge Liang