Editing Tokugawa Ieyasu (section)

=== Quotes ===
<blockquote>Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden. Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not. Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the lot of natural mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair. When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou hast passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever. Look upon the wrath of thy enemy. If thou only knowest what it is to conquer, and knowest not what it is to be defeated; woe unto thee, it will fare ill with thee. Find fault with thyself rather than with others.<ref>OldTokyo.com: [http://www.oldtokyo.com/toshogu-shrine.html Tōshō-gū Shrine]; American Forum for Global Education, [http://www.globaled.org/japanproject/lessons/lesson19_1.php JapanProject] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231062742/http://www.globaled.org/japanproject/lessons/lesson19_1.php |date=2012-12-31 }}; retrieved 2012-11-1.</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Patience means restraining one's inclinations. There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient. I am not as strong as I might be, but I have long known and practiced patience. And if my descendants wish to be as I am, they must study patience.<ref>[[Richard Storry|Storry, Richard]]. (1982). ''A History of Modern Japan'', p. 60</ref><ref>Thomas, J. E. (1996). ''Modern Japan: a social history since 1868'', {{ISBN|0582259614}}, p. 4.</ref></blockquote>

It is said that he fought, as a warrior or a general, in 90 battles.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

He was interested in various [[kenjutsu]] skills, was a patron of the [[Yagyū Shinkage-ryū]] school, and also had them as his personal sword instructors.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}