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Samurai Inspirational Quotes (30)

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Those who cling to life die, and those who defy death live.
Uesugi Kenshin
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Wars are to be won with swords and spears, not with rice and salt.
Uesugi Kenshin
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Go to the battlefield firmly confident of victory and you will come home with no wounds whatsoever.
Uesugi Kenshin
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Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.
Ishida Mitsunari
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One should not utter a word about his own inadequacies. In the Oxo it says: 'When a man lets out a single word, the long and short of him will be known.'
Takeda Nobushige
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If you will take it into your mind to be sincere in throwing away your life for your master, you will not have the slightest fear or trembling even with the advent of innumerable impending calamities.
Torii Mototada
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Since my house burned down I now own a better view of the rising moon.
Mizuta Masahide
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Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom!
Takeda Shingen
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I should stop expecting so much.
Ishida Mitsunari
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The man who hunts a deer does not gaze at the mountains.
Takeda Nobushige
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Learning is to a man as the leaves and branches are to a tree, and it can be said that he should not be without it.
Takeda Shingen
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Zen has no secrets other than seriously thinking about life and death.
Takeda Shingen
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How can a man commit acts of martial valour if he values his life?
Torii Mototada
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In the Wu Tzu it says: 'He who would save his life shall lose it, and he who would give up his life shall save it.'
Takeda Nobushige
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The Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance.
Nabeshima Naoshige
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When one would make a surprise attack on the enemy, he should avoid the major roads and seek out the lesser ones. Then attack.
Takeda Nobushige
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Bushido is in being crazy to die. Fifty or more could not kill one such a man.
Nabeshima Naoshige
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Intelligence is the flower of discrimination. There are many examples of the flower blooming but not bearing fruit. Bushido is in being crazy to die. Fifty or more could not kill one such a man.
Nabeshima Naoshige
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A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.
Nabeshima Naoshige
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Men with discrimination will be viewed as schemers second, men with deep far-sightedness will be seen as cowards and third, men with rough behaviour will be mistaken for real warriors. These are great errors.
Takeda Shingen
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Engage in combat fully determined to die and you will be alive wish to survive in the battle and you will surely meet death.
Uesugi Kenshin
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He who cannot overcome his own demons could never defeat another
Torii Mototada
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Encourage and listen well to the words of your subordinates. It is well known that gold lies hidden underground.
Nabeshima Naoshige
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The arts of peace and the arts of war are like two wheels of a cart which, lacking one, will have difficulty in standing.
Kuroda Nagamasa
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