Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Give the peasants neither life nor death.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.