There are mysterious victories, but there are no mysterious defeats.

Write it as 'failure,' read it as 'growth.'

You must not misdirect your effort.

I would rather save one citizen than destroy a thousand enemies.

-- The Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama

I serve.

-- The greatest English military commander of the Hun

男の修行とは、苦しいことを笑ってすることだ

-- The Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor attack and commanded the Combined Fleet during the Pacific War's decisive early phase

All great things arise from small beginnings.

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

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

-- Kahlil Gibran

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.

-- Ernest Hemingway