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Daimyo Inspirational Quotes (19)

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Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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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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If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it.
Oda Nobunaga
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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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...The final secret is that there is no secret. Devote yourself to your leader. Work hard. Be grateful. Act boldly. Some may deride such suggestions as commonplace, and they'd be right: They are common. But to see them successfully enacted in this world is rare indeed.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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The seeds of great victory lie in minor triumphs.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Zen has no secrets other than seriously thinking about life and death.
Takeda Shingen
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The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Whether in commerce, administration, or on the battlefield, leaders who win understand the Secret of Victory: Act first to finish first.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Luck influences everything in life, but nothing beats setting goals and striving body and soul to achieve them.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Little Bird if you don't sing for me I will make you sing
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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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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Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Youth and vision make an unbeatable combination.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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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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In battle, one must adhere to one's beliefs.
Azai Nagamasa
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Be a leader, not a superior.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Peace is achieved with rice and salt, not with katanas and arrows
Uesugi Kenshin