Hiroo Onoda Professions : Officer Born : March 19, 1922 Died : January 16, 2014 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Hiroo Onoda Men should never give up. I never do. I would hate to lose. Hiroo Onoda giving-up hate men Life is not fair and people are not equal. Hiroo Onoda equal life-is people Without a huge shock, the sleepy-head, ignorant Japanese will never wake up. Hiroo Onoda sleepy ignorant wake-up 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 told her that I wanted to be born, so she delivered me, breastfed me and changed my diapers. She said that I had to be brave. Hiroo Onoda giving-up brave mother One must always be civic-minded. Hiroo Onoda civics civic-minded People cannot live completely by themselves. Hiroo Onoda people Some dreams are best not to wake up from. Hiroo Onoda wake-up dream Similar Authors Andrew Exum officer Alfred Dreyfus officer Frederick Marryat officer Malcolm Wrightson Nance officer Konstantin Rokossovsky officer James R. Clapper officer All Authors