Martial Arts Inspirational Quotes by Bruce Lee, Gichin Funakoshi, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Confucius, James Russell Lowell, Yamamoto Tsunetomo and many others.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success.
Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.
Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.
Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.
Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.
I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
