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Hiroo Onoda Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

People cannot live completely by themselves.

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

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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