| Quote | By |
|---|---|
| "My best punch was the one I didn't throw." | Unknown |
| "Wear your rank in your heart, and not around your waist." | Unknown |
| "From white belt to black belt you shape the tool, at black belt you start to learn how to use it." | Unknown |
| "If you seriously want to pursue the way of the empty hand, you will have your hands full." | Unknown |
| "If one can not line up their shoes, it will be difficult to find order in the world around you." | Zen Saying |
| "Karate-do aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it." | Yasuhiro Konishi |
| "To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." | Elbert Hubbard |
| "Thunder is impressive, but lightning does all the work." | Mark Twain |
| "To me Judo is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers knock each other down." | Jack Handey |
| "Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again." | F.P. Jones |
| "The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there." | Robert M. Pirsig |
| "Pay your respects to the Gods and Bhuddas, but never rely upon them." | Miyamoto Musashi |
| "There are no shortcuts to anyplace worth going." | Beverly Sills |
| "For ten years the sword collected dust on the tokunoma (mantel/ledge). For ten years it never left his hand." | Unknown |
| "All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither; deep roots are not reached by the frost." | J.R.R. Tolkein |
| "The journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath your feet." | Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching |
| "When one eye is focused on the result, there is only one eye left to find the way." | Unknown |
| "You can take the kid out of the dojo, but you can't take the dojo out of the kid." | A Cyber Dojo member |
| "A violent mind wields a careless sword." | Miyamoto Musashi |
| "An angry man will defeat himself in battle as well as in life." | Samurai saying |
| "Your spirit is the true shield." | Morihei Ueshiba |
| "The only disability in life is a bad attitude." | Unknown |
| "Shao-Lin in times of peace, Lama in times of need." | Unknown |
| "Those who achieve the most are not the most skilled, but are those who concentrate long after the others have given up." | Unknown |
| "Karate practice is for the whole life; while one breaths, one practices." | Unknown |
| "Enliven the ancient and also know what is new; then you may be a teacher." | Confucius |
| "Every minute that you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of joy." | Unknown |
| "Courage which is the sixth sense, finds the shortest way to triump." | Unknown |
| "The power is the ability to take action." | Unknown |
| "Preparation, observation and an impression of a needed response is the key to sucess." | Unknown |
| "Improvisation, ability and skill are what complement sucess. There are no magic or secret techniques." | Unknown |
| "Don't crticise others until you yourself are perfect and above criticism." | Unknown |
| "If you try to fail, and suceed, which have you done?" | Unknown |
| "I come to you with only open hands. Other weapons I have not But should right or honour require it, My hands will bear me out." | 700 year old code of the Yoshida clan |
| "There is nothing in the middle of the road except a yellow line and roadkill." | Unknown |
| "A good plan today is worth more than the perfect plan tomorrow." | The movie "Wag the Dog" |
| "Ishi no ue ni mo sannen." (Three years on a rock) | Unknown |
| "The karate state of mind is not shaken by any situation or change." | Shigeru Takashina, South Atlantic Karate Association (SAKA) |
| "Do not let your opponent see you spirit." | Miyamoto Musashi |
| "You can call it the art of fighting without fighting." | Bruce Lee |
| "It's easy to teach one to be skillful, but it is difficult to teach one his own attitude." | Bruce Lee |
| "If practice makes perfect, but nobody is perfect, then why practice?" | Unknown |
| "Experience is what you have, right after you need it." | Unknown |
| "Practice makes permanent; not perfect." | Unknown |
| "Fundamental principles become more advanced in an advanced mind." | Unknown |
| "There are no masters, just students with more seniority." | Unknown |
| "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom" | Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching |
| "When you seek it, you cannot find it." | Zen Riddle |
| "I'm a novice today and will be just a little less of a novice the day I die. I just want to learn and practice and maybe someday teach what I am taught so that others can experience the tremendous joy I feel when I practice." | Daniel M. Vincent |
| "Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it." | Unknown |
| "Ye who ceases getting better, stops being good." | Unknown |
| "If you take the morality away from karate training, then you are left with something dangerously close to brutality." | Unknown |
| "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." | John F. Kennedy Jr. |
| "All know the way; few actully walk it." | Unknown |
| "He who thinks he's leading but has no one following him is just taking a walk." | Lee Iococa |
| "To become your own champion, believe...and achieve." | Frank Shamrock |
| "Sucess should be a result, not a goal." | Unknown |
| "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." | From a poster in my grade 9 science room |
| "Seven days a week without karate, makes one weak." | Unknown |
| "A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking." | Unknown |
| "If you look for the truth outside yourself, it gets farther and farther away." | Tung Shan, Philosopher, 9th. Century AD |
| "Happiness is not something that happens to you; it's something that you make happen." | Unknown |
| "You fight how you train." | Unknown |
| "Heaven is where you stand...and that is the place to train." | Unknown |
| "If all else fails immortality can always be assured through spectacular error." | Unknown |
| "He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior." | Confucius |
| "If we don't change the direction we are heading in, we are likely to end up where we are heading." | Chinese saying |
| "Anything worth doing is worth over-doing." | A response from the Cyber Dojo about karate training :-) |
| "Pain is inevitable, misery is optional." | Unknown |
| "Peace my friends...it is a rare gift." | Unknown |
| "He who toots his own horn, can play favorite tune." | Confucius |
| "Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know." | Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching |
| "To win one hundred victories in one hundred wars is not the ultimate skill. To stop the enemy without fighting is the ultimate skill." | Sun-Tzu, The Art of War |
| "Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself." | Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching |
| "Always in history, those who loved fighting were destroyed, but those who didn't know how to fight were also destroyed. Goodness and strength will last and can lead others down the right path." | Haukin Song |
| "In all things, one must have a clear mind." | Gichin Funakoshi |
| "When two tigers fight, one is bound to be hurt and the other will die." | Old Saying |
| "A human being is a vulnerable creature who cannot possibly be perfect." | Matsumura |
| "Vanity is the only obstacle in life." | Matsumura |
| "Karate begins and ends with courtesy." | Gichin Funakoshi |
| "Anyplace can be a dojo." | Buddhist saying |
| "You must be deadly serious in training." | Gichin Funakoshi |
| "Train with both the heart and soul without worrying about theory." | Gichin Funakoshi |
| "No one can attain perfection in Karate-do until he finally comes to realize that it is, above all else, a faith, a way of life." | Gichin Funakoshi |
| "It's not the destination, it's the journey." | Unknown |
| "Victims of the same disease have much to talk about." | A respone from the cyber dojo, in response to a question about a karate traing addiction :-) |
| "Fu Rin Ka Zan (Swift as the wind, Silent as the forest, Fierce as fire, Immovable as a mountain.)" | Motto of the Takeda Clan Samurai |
| "Be like a rock in the middle of a river, let all of the water flow around and past you." | Unknown |
| "The longest journy begins with the first step." | Zen Philosopher |
| "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an art, but a habit." | Aristotle |
| "True victory is not defeating an enemy. True victory gives love and changes the enemy's heart." | Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido |
| "The sword, the mind and the body are one." | Samurai saying |
| "The thorn protects the rose and hurts only those who would steal the blossom." | Old saying |
| "If instead of fighting with him you say to your enemy, "You have won" and bow before him, that is the biggest deed in the world." | Mathavan Asan, master of the southern style of Kalaripayit |
| "Expect everything from yourself." | Sakyamuni Buddha |
| "In quietness and confidence will be your strength." | Isaiah |
| "Unseen power can lift heavy loads." | I Ching |
| "You may train for a long, 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 to dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter." | Gichin Funakoshi |
| "Weapons are the tools of fear; a decent man will avoid them except in the direst necessity." | Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching |
| "Power of mind is infinite; power of body is limited." | Koichi Tohei |
| "When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." | Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching |
| "Whatever the guru teaches, it will add up to only one quarter of that students knowledge. A quarter he derives from his own personal interests, and from hard work; a quarter comes from God's blessing, and the final quarter comes in his old age from his own personal experiences." | Vasudevan Gurrukal, master of the northern style of Kalaripayit |
| "Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory." | Gandhi |
| "As in the garden, some flowers stand taller, while some rest on the ground. All are beautiful." | Old saying |
| "Live so that people will want your autograph, and not your fingerprints." | John Corcoran, martial artist and writer |
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