35 Best Shogun Quotes - 2024 Tv Show

Shogun is set in Japan in 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. When a mysterious European ship is found stranded in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga must fight for his life as his enemies in the Council of Regents unite against him. We compiled best Shogun quotes from the FX tv series

Shogun Quotes

1- “A leader must write clearly and beautifully. He must be the very best in all things.” -Yoshii Toranaga

2- “A man may go to war for many reasons. Conquest, pride, power… But a woman is simply at war.” –Toda Mariko

3- “Enemies are everywhere and friends nowhere. To show your true heart is to risk your life.” –Toda Mariko

4- “Every hour I wait for death is like drowning in a river of anguish.” –Toda Mariko

5- “A wise man knows when his time has ended.” -Ishido Kazunari

6- “I’d say our chances are fare. This is not where we die.” -John Blackthorne

7- “Accepting death isn’t surrender. Flowers are only flowers because they fall.” –Toda Mariko

8- “All men are like falcons. Some are flown straight from the fist, killing anything that moves. Others are lazy and tempted by the lure. But all men can be broken. Learn to fly them at the right game, and they will do your hunting for you.” -Yoshii Toranaga

9- “Death is in our air. And sea and earth. It can come for us at any moment.” –Toda Mariko

10- “Do not be fooled by our politeness. Our bows, our maze of rituals. Beneath it all we could be a great distance away. Safe. And alone.” –Toda Mariko

11- “I don’t seek to be Shogun. That title is a brutal relic. From a bygone era.” -Yoshii Toranaga

12- “Do you know “The Eightfold Fence”? From the time we are small, it is something we are taught to build within ourselves. An impenetrable wall, behind which we can retreat whenever we need. You must train yourself to listen without hearing. For instance, you can listen to the sound of a blossom falling or the rocks growing. If you really listen, your present circumstance vanishes.” –Toda Mariko

13- “I am no peasant to be trodden on. I am daughter of the great Lord Akechi Jinsai. My line has been samurai for a thousand years, and I will never be captive, or hostage, or confined. I am free to go as I please, as is anyone.” –Toda Mariko

14- “I have no lords. I left of my own accord. And this, this is what beckoned me. The horizon more than the deep. The freedom more than the horizon. The fair wind. To be far enough out that you look around and there’s nothing but open seas. No yesterday. No tomorrow.” -John Blackthorne

15- “If freedom is all you ever live for, you will never be free of yourself.” –Toda Mariko

16- “The man who stands at the greatest height is the loneliest man in the realm.” -Taiko

17- “If you cheat, cheat death. If you steal, steal the heart of a woman. If you lie, lie in the everlasting warmth of her bosom. And if you drink, drink with me.” -John Blackthorne

18- “Life and death are the same. Both can have value and purpose.” –Toda Mariko

19- “Once loyalty begins, it does not have an end. Otherwise, it would not be loyalty.” –Toda Mariko

20- “One cannot resist the unseen path of nature. All we can do is accept our small part.” -Vasco Rodrigues

21- “One cannot serve themselves above the cause.” –Toda Mariko

22- “I can’t be consort to a man without swords.” -Fuji

23- “Some are born under a banner of greatness, others must claim it.” -Ochiba No Kata

24- “Some train their whole lives for a single kill. It is very costly.” –Toda Mariko

25- “There is no use dwelling on what cannot be undone.” –Toda Mariko

26- “There’s a saying out here that every man has three hearts. One in his mouth for the world to know. Another in his chest just for his friends. And a secret heart buried deep where no one can find it. That is a heart a man must keep hidden if he wants to survive.” -Vasco Rodrigues

27- “You are playing a game of friends and enemies, when you have only yourself in this life.” -Yoshii Toranaga

28- “We live and we die. We control nothing beyond that.” –Toda Mariko