Quotes by Ieyasu Tokugawa

• Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.
• Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
• Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
• Give the peasants neither life nor death.
• When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.
• Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.
• Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.