Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Tokugawa Ieyasu

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Japanese leader Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Last updated on September 11, 2024.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The son of a minor daimyo, Ieyasu once lived as a hostage under daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto on behalf of his father. He later succeeded as daimyo after his father's death, serving as vassal and general of Oda clan, and building up his strength under Oda Nobunaga.

Japanese - Leader | January 31, 1543 - June 1, 1616

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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

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

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

Tokugawa Ieyasu

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

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.

Tokugawa Ieyasu

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

Tokugawa Ieyasu

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

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Give the peasants neither life nor death.