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

- Hiroo Onoda

Life is not fair and people are not equal.

- Hiroo Onoda

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

- Hiroo Onoda

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…

- Hiroo Onoda

People cannot live completely by themselves.

- Hiroo Onoda

One must always be civic-minded.

- Hiroo Onoda

Some dreams are best not to wake up from.

- Hiroo Onoda