There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

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

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

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

Fortune is so changeable that one must not put trust in her.

-- The greatest English military commander of the Hun

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

-- The British general who defeated Napoleon at Water

In war there is no substitute for victory.

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

The world is not large enough to have two kings.

-- The Turco-Mongol conqueror who built an empire fro