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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. -Isoroku Yamamoto

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The example afforded before the Great War by Germany - which, if only it had exercised forbearance for another five or ten years, would by now be unrivaled in Europe - suggests that the task facing us now is to build up our strength calmly and with circumspection. - Isoroku Yamamoto
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. — Matsuo Bashō
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver. – Betty White
History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. — Mark Twain
I felt from the start that America was not likely to relinquish lightly positions established at the cost of such sacrifices, and I pressed the view that a high degree of preparation and willingness to make sacrifices would be necessary on our side, but everybody here always persists in facile optimism until the very worst actually happens. -Isoroku Yamamoto
The sun itself sees not till heaven clears.
It is like a disease to think that an invincible status has been achieved after being satisfied with the past successful operations. -Isoroku Yamamoto
People who don't gamble aren't worth talking to. - Isoroku Yamamoto
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt