Shunpei Yamazaki

"Friends are the family we choose."

"Family is life's greatest blessing."

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness."

"Courage is not roaring; it is not aggression."

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

"The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise."

"He who knows others is intelligent. He who knows himself is truly wise."

"Time is the fire in which we burn."

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose."

"Freedom is a state of mind."

"Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person to control your emotions."

"Nature never wears the same expression twice."

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."

"Music is the heartbeat of life."

"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light."

"Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision."

"Love what you do, do what you love."

"A dream is a wish your heart makes."

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

"Friendship is a two-way street."

"In family life, love is the oil that eases friction."

"Hope is the power of being cheerful."

"Courage is not the absence of despair; it is sometimes the embrace of despair."

"Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change."

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

"The only source of knowledge is experience."

"Time is a gift, treat it as such."

"Truth is beauty and beauty is truth."

"The only real prison is fear."