“You can be pitiful, or you can be powerful, but you can't be both” 

I was once the captain of Akagi, and it is with heartfelt regret that I must now order that she be sunk.

To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world. But it has been decided. So I will fight the best I can.

To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world. But it has been decided. So I will fight the best I can.

To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world. But it has been decided. So I will fight the best I can.

Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has come for the Navy, especially the Combined Fleet, to devote itself seriously to war preparations, training, and operational plans with a firm determination that a conflict with the U.S. and Great Britain is inevitable.

Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the White House.

You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.

“At times I felt that the universe fabricated from the power of imagination had stronger and more lasting contours than the blurred realm of the flesh-and-blood creatures around me.” 

Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.

“Power concedes nothing without demand. It never has and never will. Show me the exact amount of wrong and injustices that are visited upon a person and I will show you the exact amount of words endured by these people.” 

“Power concedes nothing without a demand.” 

“Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating…too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.”

“Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That’s in your power.”

In the realm of the unknown there is an infinite power for good.

“Secrets have power only as long as they are secret.” 

“There is power in proximity. Get close to the problem you feel drawn to. Change the narrative. Stay hopeful. Be willing to do uncomfortable things.” 

“We must not only vote but fight to vote. The voting booth really is the one place on earth where the least powerful equal the powerful. p176” 

“Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.” 

“Also, one of the simplest paths to deep change is for the less powerful to speak as much as they listen, and for the more powerful to listen as much as they speak.” 

“Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.” 

“Also, one of the simplest paths to deep change is for the less powerful to speak as much as they listen, and for the more powerful to listen as much as they speak.” 

“The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.” 

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.