Martial Arts Quotations: Set 1
Practicing a thousand days is said to be a discipline, and practicing ten thousand days is said to be refining. -Miyamoto Mussashi
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A rich man, fond of felines, asked a famous Zen ink painter to draw him a cat. The master agreed and asked the man to come back in three months. When the man returned, he was put off, again and again, until a year had passed. Finally, at the man's request, the master drew out a brush, and , with grace and ease, in a single fluid motion, drew a picture of a cat - the most marvelous image the man had ever seen. He was astonished; then he grew angry. "That drawing took you only thirty seconds! Why did you make me wait a year?" he demanded. Without a word, the master opened up a cabinet, and out fell thousands of drawings - of cats. -Zen story
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A Winner’s Creed
If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t;
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t,
it’s almost certain you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost;
For out in the world we find success begins with a person’s will.
It’s all in the state of mind.
Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster hand.
But sooner or later, the person who wins is the one who thinks
"I Can".
-Anonymous
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If the spirit of humility, an intrinsic element of Bushido, is removed from the teaching of classical martial studies the lack of this important virtue makes of such studies mere systems of violence. -Risuke Otake
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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape 100 days of sorrow. - Chinese Proverb
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Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles that one has overcome while trying to succeed. - Booker Washington
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Promises are like babies—easy to make, but tough to deliver.
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No matter what goes wrong, there's always someone who knew it would.
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If something happens to you, it has previously happened to all your friends.
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You're never a loser until you quit trying. -Mike Ditka