Failure is the foundation of success. I was prepared to start over thousands of times.

I want to adorn the neck of every woman in the world with pearls.

A man's training is to do what is hard with a smile.

-- Isoroku Yamamoto

A person is tested through the stages of being ignored, praised, and criticized.

-- Katsuya Nomura

A single arrow breaks easily, but three arrows bundled together cannot be broken.

-- Mōri Motonari

Dear Father, dear Mother, the three-day tororo was most delicious.

-- Kōkichi Tsuburaya

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

-- Kahlil Gibran

Thou shalt not die.

-- Akiko Yosano