Hiroo Onoda
Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (小野田 寛郎 Onoda Hiroo; March 19, 1922 – January 16, 2014) is a former Japanese army intelligence officer who fought in World War II, and did not surrender until 1974, having spent almost thirty years holding out in the Philippines.
Quotes
- Lieutenant Onoda, Sir, reporting for orders.
- No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War, tr. Charles Sanford Terry (1999), ISBN 1557506639; after meeting his superior, Taniguchi, the first time in 30 years.
- Some dreams are best not to wake up from.
- Attributed by Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda", The Japan Times, 16 January 2007
- People cannot live completely by themselves.
- Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
- One must always be civic-minded.
- Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
- Without a huge shock, the sleepy-head, ignorant Japanese will never wake up.
- Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
- Men should never give up. I never do. I would hate to lose.
- Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
- Never complain.
- Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
- Life is not fair and people are not equal.
- Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
