Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes about Effort
![All of man’s work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require effort are avoided. I would like young men to have some](http://cdn.myquotes.org/images/yamamoto-tsunetomo/all-of-mans-work-is-a-bloody-business-that-fact-today-is-considered-foolish-affairs-are-finished-cleverly-with-words.jpg)
Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.53, Bottom of the Hill
Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.
Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.53, Bottom of the Hill