"A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's"

"Truth is not what
you want it to be, it is what it is, and you must bend to it's power or live a lie." "Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live."

"Act with the heart of the warrior."

"Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love."

"We make war that we may live in peace."

"All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his cource is wrong, and repairs the evil."

"Study hard and all things can be accomplished. Give up, and you will amount to nothing."

"Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it. Don't allow his anger to become your anger."

"Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is but a vision."

"He who has never suffered will not sufficiently temper his character."

"I choose to live by choice, not by chance."

"The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant"