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"A calm sea does not make a skilled
sailor."
"A leader is one who knows the way,
goes the way and shows the way."
"A long life may not be good enough,
but a good life is long enough."
"A poor person isn't he who has little,
but he who needs a lot."
"A small mind is easily filled with
faith."
"A wise man does not fear, a man
afraid does not think."
"Act like a man of thought. Think
like a man of action."
"All that is necessary for the forces
of evil to win in this world is for enough good men to do nothing."
"An error doesn't become a mistake
until you choose to ignore it."
"Are you surprised to learn that
the word Samurai means, 'to serve'."
"Be more afraid of an army of sheep
led by a wolf, than an army of wolves led by a sheep."
"Death is lighter than a feather,
duty heavier than a mountain."
"Do, or do not, there is no try."
"Dream as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die tomorrow."
"Effective action is always unjust."
"Enemies you threaten make armies.
Enemies you destroy make graves."
"Even a fool must now and then be
right by chance."
"Even if a samurai's head were to
be suddeny cut off, he should still be able to perform one more
action with certainty."
"Everyone is doing their part. Are
you?"
"Fast as the wind, quiet as the forest,
aggressive as fire, and immovable as a mountain."
"Fear is the mind killer."
"For no one - no one in this world
can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts. This you can trust.
The sword."
"Friendship is tested when it's time
to share the burden."
"Give me ten Shinibana or, failing
that, a hundred other troops."
"Happines is a journey, not a destination."
"He who has a why to live for can
bear almost any how."
"He who knows doesn't speak; he who
speaks doesn't know."
"He who speaks in anger makes his
anger heard, but his words forgotten."
"Hope for the best, plan for the
worst."
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"If a job´s worth doing it´s worth dying for."
"It is bad when one thing becomes
two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai."
"Most women will shrug off what a
man would kill you for, and kill you for what a man would shrug
off."
"Never give up, never surrender."
"Never underestimate the power of
very stupid people in large groups."
"Only a battle lost is sadder than
a battle won."
"Only in death does duty end."
"Patience and persistence can bring
down the tallest trees."
"See first with your mind, then with
your eyes, and finally with your body."
"Take arrows in your forehead, but
never in your back."
"Take what you have. Rejoice in what
you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long."
"The focused mind can pierce through
stone."
"The hawk breaks the back of his
prey not because of strength, but because of timing."
"The path of the Warrior is lifelong,
and mastery is often simply staying on the path."
"The perfect blossom is a rare thing.
You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a
wasted life."
"The price of wisdom is eternal thought."
"The true essence of a man is not
what he has, but what he does."
"There was once a battle at a place
called Thermopylae, where three hundred brave Greeks held off a
Persian army of a million men."
"They've got us surrounded again,
the poor bastards."
"Thou shalt seek no reward but the
satisfaction of thy Master."
"To be foolish and recognize that
one is a fool is better than to be foolish and imagine that one
is wise."
"Tomorrow's battle is won during
today's practice."
"Until the day of his death, no man
can be sure of his courage."
"What happened to the warriors at
Thermopylae? Dead to the last man."
"While the enemies of the Emperor
still draw breath, there can be no peace."
"Victory needs no explanation, defeat
allows none."
"Within the circle of each mans sword,
therein lies his domain."
"You can prevent your opponent from
defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without
taking the offensive."
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