Martial Arts Inspirational Quotes ~ Martial Arts Sayings From Fighthers
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"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee
"The way of the sword and the Way of Zen are identical, for they have the same purpose; that of killing the ego." - Yamada Jirokichi
"Sword and mind must be united. Technique by itself is insufficient, and spirit alone is not enough." - Yamada Jirokichi
"You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like a puppet, learning Karate is not very different from learning a dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter; you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of karate-do." - Gichin Funakoshi
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." - Muhammad Ali
"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights." - Muhammad Ali
"Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before the fight, while the ignorant fight to win." - O Sensei Ueshiba
"If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover." – Miyamoto Musashi
"Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class." - Choi, Hong Hi, Founder of Taekwon-Do
Martial Arts Inspirational Quotes ~ Martial Arts Sayings From Warlords
"Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability." - Sun Tzu
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts." - Winston Churchill
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" - Napoleon Bonaparte
"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve" - Napoleon Bonaparte
"The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat." - Navy SEAL's
Martial Arts Inspirational Quotes ~ Martial Arts Sayings From The Wise
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
"I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger." - Mencius
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma Gandhi
"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." - Confucius
"The art of the sword consists of never being concerned with victory or defeat, with strength or weakness, of not moving one step forward, nor one step backward, or the enemy not seeing me and my not seeing the enemy. Penetrating to that which is fundamental before the separation of heaven and earth where even yin and yang cannot reach, one instantly attains proficiency in the art." - Takuan
"Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat." ~ Hakuin
"Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." - Mohandas Gandhi
"The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men." - Budha
"Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought." - Matsu Basho
"In times of peace, the warlike man attacks himself." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly." - Theodore Roosevelt
Martial Arts Inspirational Quotes ~ Martial Arts Sayings From Unknown
"There are two rules for being successful in martial arts. Rule 1: Never tell others everything you know." - Author unspecified
"Cry in the dojo. Laugh on the battlefield." - Author unknown
"A warrior may choose pacifism; others are condemned to it." - Author unknown
"Courage first; power second; technique third." - Author unknown
"Don't block with your face" - Unknown
"Popular opinion may not always be right and the right opinion may not always be popular"- Unknown
"The measure of a man is not in how he gets knocked to the mat, it is in how he gets up." - Unknown
"Its better to have tried and failed and to not have tried at all" - Unknown
Martial Arts Sayings | Inspirational Quotes
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