Hiroo Onoda Quotes

• Men should never give up. I never do. I would hate to lose.

  Hiroo Onoda

  Giving Up, Hate, Men

  "Words to Live by: Hiroo Onoda". Interview with Judit Kawaguchi, www.japantimes.co.jp. January 16, 2007.

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• Never complain. When I did, my mother said that if I didn’t like my life, I could just give up and die. She reminded me that when I was inside her, I told her that I wanted to be born, so she delivered me, breastfed me and changed my diapers. She said that I had to be brave.

  Hiroo Onoda

  Mother, Giving Up, Brave

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• Life is not fair and people are not equal.

  Hiroo Onoda

  People, Life Is, Equal

  "No Surrender: My Thirty-year War". Book by Hiroo Onoda, www.japantimes.co.jp. 1974.

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• Some dreams are best not to wake up from.

  Hiroo Onoda

  Dream, Wake Up

  "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda". Judit Kawaguchi, The Japan Times, January 16, 2007.

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• Without a huge shock, the sleepy-head, ignorant Japanese will never wake up.

  Hiroo Onoda

  Ignorant, Wake Up, Sleepy

  "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda". Judit Kawaguchi, The Japan Times, January 16, 2007.

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• People cannot live completely by themselves.

  Hiroo Onoda

  People

  "Words to Live by Hiroo Onoda" by Judit Kawaguchi, archive.is. January 16, 2007.

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• One must always be civic-minded.

  Hiroo Onoda

  Civic Minded, Civics

  "Words to Live by Hiroo Onoda" by Judit Kawaguchi, archive.is. January 16, 2007.

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