I want to dedicate myself to training and discipline. I want to spend every moment of every day working to improve myself.

...you're going to find people from all over the country, everyone hungry for money and position. You won't make a name for yourself just doing what the next man does. You'll have to distinguish yourself in some way.

Great character is forged through hardships.

The world is a stone wall ... and they have put the stones so close together that there is not a single crack through which one may enter.

Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures.

See, see how the sun has moved onward while we talked. Nothing can stop it in its course. Prayers cannot halt the revolving of nature. It is the same with human life. Victory and defeat are one in the vast stream of life. Victory is the beginning of defeat, and who can rest safely in victory? Impermanence is the nature of all things of this world. Even you will find your ill fortunes too will change. It is easy to understand the impatience of the old, whose days are numbered, but why should you young ones fret when the future is yours?

The truth of the scholar, alone in his study, does not always accord with what the world at large considers to be true.