Toyotomi Hideyoshi Quotes

#1. The final secret is that there is no secret. Devote yourself to your leader. Work hard. Be grateful. Act boldly. Some may deride such suggestions as commonplace, and they'd be right: They are common. But to see them successfully enacted in this world is rare indeed.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#2. I held Star close before I departed. "If I don't come back," I told her, "find a way to give everyone the plague.

Danielle Paige

#3. Fight only after creating conditions for victory.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#4. Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision

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#5. Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position

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#6. Leaders can be wrong - but they can not be unclear.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#7. Whether in commerce, administration, or on the battlefield, leaders who win understand the Secret of Victory: Act first to finish first.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#8. The seeds of great victory lie in minor triumphs.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#9. The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types of arms. The possession of these elements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues, and tends to permit uprising.

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#10. Greatness as a leader is measured in part by your willingness to accept daunting challenges. Achieving tough goals requires practicing the secret of commitment: Risk all to win all.

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#11. Be a leader, not a superior.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#12. Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance.

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#13. Nobody said it was a beautiful world with no scars.

Catherine Ryan Hyde

#14. Luck favors the bold. Leaders must fearlessly exploit the Secret of Decisiveness. Act boldly at critical moments.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#15. I suspect anyone self-satisfied enough to refuse lawful pleasures: we are not sufficiently rich in our separate resources to reject the graces of the universe when offered ...

Freya Stark

#16. Luck influences everything in life, but nothing beats setting goals and striving body and soul to achieve them.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#17. The value-added Board brings the high-performance result, "deep common sense," balance, improved strategic thinking, creativity, wisdom and more.

Pearl Zhu

#18. The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#19. My best and worst 'Idol' moments? I don't have a worst 'Idol' moment ... I've been spectacular. Yes, I am going to toot my own horn. And then my best moment is every single moment. I'll toot it again!

Nicki Minaj

#20. Compensation is counterintuitive: The more treasure you give away to those who serve well, the more treasure will return to you. But few people perceive this simple truth. Most try to keep as much as they can for themselves and give little away. That's why their purses refuse to fatten.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#21. He pulled the tiller and shouted the words, "Ready about ... LEE HO!" I stared at him incredulously. What sort of things was that for one sensible adult to shout at another?

Chris Stewart

#22. What leader has no lessons to learn from his followers?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#23. Each One, Teach One

Carlton Steele

#24. So, what do you think, my dear, will it be a girl or a boy?"
"It will be a soul-stealer, apparently."
"What!" The earl reared away from his wife and looked down at her suspiciously.

Gail Carriger

#25. Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.

Norman McLaren

#26. Little Bird if you don't sing for me I will make you sing

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#27. Youth and vision make an unbeatable combination.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#28. The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.

Sally Mann