Make up your mind within seven breaths.

The source

"Make up your mind within seven breaths." Yamamoto Tsunetomo said it in Hagakure, Book 1. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.

"七息思案と云ふことあり"

Original Japanese, Hagakure, Book 1. Japanese: Hagakure, vol. 1 (1937 printing), NDL digital text.

Who said it

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659–1719). Samurai turned monk whose spoken reflections were written down as Hagakure, Hidden by Leaves.

Questions

Who said "Make up your mind within seven breaths."?

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659–1719). Source: Hagakure, Book 1.

What is the original Japanese?

七息思案と云ふことあり. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.