Hiroo Onoda Quotes

Hirō "Hiroo" Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and was a Japanese holdout who did not surrender in August 1945. After Onoda spent 29 years holding out in the Philippines, his former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty in 1974. He held the rank of second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army.

✵ 19. March 1922 – 16. January 2014
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Famous Hiroo Onoda Quotes

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

Hiroo Onoda

Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"

“Lieutenant Onoda, Sir, reporting for orders.”

Hiroo Onoda

No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War, tr. Charles Sanford Terry (1999), ISBN 1557506639; after meeting his superior, Taniguchi, the first time in 30 years.

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

Hiroo Onoda

Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"

“People cannot live completely by themselves.”

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Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"

“Life is not fair and people are not equal.”

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Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"

“Some dreams are best not to wake up from.”

Hiroo Onoda

Attributed by Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda" https://archive.is/20120720155407/search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20070116jk.html, The Japan Times, 16 January 2007

“One must always be civic-minded.”

Hiroo Onoda

Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"

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