Top 100 Yamamoto Quotes

#1. humans are fully capable of loving cats and dogs and tropical fish. If they can love something much less intelligent than humans that does not talk and looks nothing like them, why can they not love one another? Certainly,

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #4543
#2. If people from their own country are killed, they may express surprise, grief, anger, and sympathy. But if ten thousand people are killed in a distant, far-off land, they will not be the slightest bit affected, particularly if it was their own doing.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #8153
#3. All abilities come from one mind

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #11960
#4. If one does not get it into his head from the very beginning that the world is full of unseemly situations, for the most part his demeanour will be poor and he will not be believed by others.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #12836
#5. Tether even a roasted chicken.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #27364
#6. Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #43583
#7. Victory and defeat are matters of the temporary force of circumstances. The way of avoiding shame is different. It is simply in death.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #43687
#8. Between the ages of 30 and 40 was the time when both my spirit and body were young and powerful and I could do anything!

Kansai Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #50634
#9. A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #62938
#10. To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #114834
#11. There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #120726
#12. In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #145880
#13. Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #147356
#14. One should every day think over and make an effort to implant in his mind the saying, "At that time is right now." It is said that it is strange indeed that anyone is able to pass through life by one means or another in negligence.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #174387
#15. It is difficult for a fool's habits to change to selflessness.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #175176
#16. A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.

Isoroku Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #197563
#17. Light matters should be dealt with seriously. Serious matters should be dealt with lightly.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #225669
#18. There are no heroes in our world. No clear-cut evil either. Everyone involved insists that they're the righteous ones.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #247750
#19. When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #254723
#20. Japan would never invade the United States. We would find a rifle behind every blade of grass.

Isoroku Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #279447
#21. Death comes when memories are lost.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #343819
#22. People believe in life after death because they are afraid of dying... But I do not believe in life after death BECAUSE I am afraid of dying.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #345791
#23. There is nothing we should be quite so grateful for as the last line of the poem that goes, 'When your own heart asks.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #359658
#24. Imitating another style is simply a sham.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #366935
#25. If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #380443
#26. In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.

Isoroku Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #383215
#27. I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #393667
#28. You believe that some people have dementia and some people do not, but that is not correct. All people have dementia - some are simply in worse condition than others. After all, most people with dementia are unaware that anything is wrong with them.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #411157
#29. It is bad to carry even a good thing too far. Even concerning things such as Buddhism, Buddhist sermons, and moral lessons, talking too much will bring harm.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #418748
#30. Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is emptiness." That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase, "Emptiness is form." One should not think that these are two seperate things.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #419638
#31. Life is like a black hole. You don't know what lies ahead. You can't ever turn back. All you can do is move forward.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #431593
#32. If you feel strongly about someone, go up to them. Pursue what you want in life. Why be shy about something like that?

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #441527
#33. Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day one should meditate on being carried away by surging waves, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #454509
#34. If I were afraid of getting hurt, nothing would change. Ibis

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #458004
#35. If by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #487596
#36. I was on a Japanese designers' pedestal - considered a maestro. My design was getting closer to a couturier's work, and I felt like I was missing something.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #520806
#37. Throughout your life advance daily, becoming more skillful than yesterday, more skillful than today. This is never-ending.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #522145
#38. I write when something sticks in my craw. Writing is a compulsion - or an itch.

Hisaye Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #522295
#39. By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #531956
#40. By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #534046
#41. By being impatient, matters are damaged and great works cannot be done

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #553526
#42. I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

Isoroku Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #593669
#43. There are few people who will make mistakes with fire after having once been burned.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #609371
#44. If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #619684
#45. The end is important in all things.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #629204
#46. In offering one's opinion, one must first ascertain whether or not the recipient is in the right frame of mind to receive counsel.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #645700
#47. The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants,

Isoroku Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #649597
#48. Colour disturbs people. I am confident in black, not in light. This dark side of life is attractive to me forever and from the beginning. I am a lazy designer when it comes to colour.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #652064
#49. It is easy to disappoint humans. It is easy to irritate them. It is easy to make them mad. None of that is at all challenging. So we take no pleasure from it. But making people happy is different. That is extremely difficult.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #677710
#50. Adidas is a very personal inspiration to me. It has enriched my creative life. It's an exchange between different cultures, different ideas, and most of all, it is teamwork.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #701980
#51. The heart of a virtuous person has settled down and he does not rush about at things. A person of little merit is not at peace but walks about making trouble and is in conflict with all.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #706644
#52. At a certain point, I stopped seeing my clothing worn by people on the streets ... It seemed like they were being treated as museum items.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #715388
#53. I want to achieve anti-fashion through fashion. That's why I'm always heading in my own direction, in parallel to fashion.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #719311
#54. When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come ... the mystery is created in (their) minds, and by waiting for disaster, it is from their very minds that it occurs.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #737472
#55. You don't want to be human?" "If behaving in a manner bereft of logic and morals that leads to conflict is a fundamental attribute of humanity, then I do not want to be human.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #748576
#56. If you are unaware that the world is teeming with ineptitude from the beginning, you will develop a bitter countenance, and in turn others will eschew you.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #764315
#57. Although this may be a most difficult thing, if one will do it, it can be done. There is nothing that one should suppose cannot be done.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #764999
#58. A warrior should not say something fainthearted, even casually. He should set his mind to this beforehand. Even in trifling matters the depths of one's heart can be seen.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #767456
#59. Fashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #790392
#60. I know nothing about how to win over others. I know only the way know the way to win over myself.
attributed to the (master) swordsman Yagyu, who was a teacher (and samurai?) to the Shogun himself.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #807314
#61. It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #814863
#62. If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #830270
#63. Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind ... then the Great Way is right before your eyes.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #830840
#64. Matters of great concern should be treated lightly." Master Ittei commented, "Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #834499
#65. When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #835792
#66. The deepest love is often hidden.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #845189
#67. The only things that move their hearts are tragedies that affect them personally or affect people close to them.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #849864
#68. In 1993, I had my Super Show in Red Square, Moscow. No one before me had ever gotten permission to use that location and my show included fashion, fireworks, and dancing. I felt like it really communicated my heartfelt belief that all human beings are wonderful and unique individuals.

Kansai Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #853085
#69. Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #856058
#70. Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #874393
#71. If one has no earnest daily intention, does not consider what it is to be a warrior even in his dreams, and lives through the day idly, he can be said to be worthy of punishment.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #876596
#72. To desire with one's very soul every second of every day to accomplish one's aim.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #888336
#73. No matter if the enemy has thousands of men, there is fulfillment in simply standing them off and being determined to cut them all down, starting from one end.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #889669
#74. Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #891515
#75. As long as people overlook matters, then inferiors can, without any fear, lead an easy and peaceful life.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #894790
#76. When meeting difficult situations, one should dash forward bravely and with joy.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #906183
#77. It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #919865
#78. A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #954189
#79. I-uh-have the utmost respect for Yamamoto-san. If it had not been for him, there would be no naval aviation. However-the most brilliant man can occasionally make a mistake.

Chuichi Nagumo

Yamamoto Quotes #955775
#80. Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #958007
#81. The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand.

Isoroku Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #962453
#82. I feel like I have become a living fossil in the fashion world. Without even noticing it, in my own collection I have moved away from the street style.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #962720
#83. Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #966682
#84. Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. But above all black says this: "I don't bother you - don't bother me".

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #990727
#85. To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1017672
#86. Personally, I like to sleep. And I intend to appropriately confine myself more and more to my living quarters and pass my life away sleeping.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1032435
#87. There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1047332
#88. I don't think we should try to make space our own. I believe that as modern people we should live in mobility. We should always be moving.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1050234
#89. Fashion cannot make you sexy. Experience makes you sexy. Imagination makes people sexy. You have to train yourself, you have to study, and you have to live your life.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1069016
#90. The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the body.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #1073765
#91. The mindless rejoicing at home is really appalling; it makes me fear that the first blow against Tokyo will make them wilt at once ... I only wish that [the Americans] had also had, say, three carriers at Hawaii ...

Isoroku Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1075692
#92. With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1087720
#93. My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.

Yohji Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1093459
#94. The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #1103590
#95. Continue to spur a running horse.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1111402
#96. A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Quotes #1116099
#97. It is a wretched thing that the young men of today are so contriving and so proud of their material posessions. Men with contriving hearts are lacking in duty. Lacking in duty, they will have no self-respect.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1123405
#98. To be fully alive is to have an aesthetic perception of life because a major part of the world's goodness lies in its often unspeakable beauty.

Yukitaka Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1130029
#99. Yamamoto said he thought you had to be able to hear how something did not work as part of a bigger thing to hear how it did and it was precisely because people couldn't hear that that they were willing to let movements be taken out of pieces.

Helen DeWitt

Yamamoto Quotes #1130132
#100. When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Yamamoto Quotes #1135132

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