Martial Arts Quotes - Page 11

• If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. The saying that “All abilities come from one mind” sounds as though it has to do with sentient matters, but it is in fact a matter of being unattached to life and death. With such non-attachment one can accomplish any feat.

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo

  Warrior, Attachment, Life And Death

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). “Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai”, p.73, Xist Publishing

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• If you can accept losing, you can't win.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Football, Winning

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• Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Fear, Educational

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

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• I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

  Jet Li

  Art, Real, Hero

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• Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Money

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1851). “The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.61

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• When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.

  Jackie Chan

  Art

  Twitter post from May 31, 2013

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• All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.358, Tuttle Publishing

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• I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

  Jet Li

  Art, Thinking, Keys

  "TalkAsia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2003.

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• Obey the principles without being bound by them.

  Bruce Lee

  Principles, Martial Artist, Principled

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.121, Tuttle Publishing

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• Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

  Jackie Chan

  Change, Self Discipline, Circumstances

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• I only want my work to make people happy.

  Jackie Chan

  People, Want, Making People Happy

  Twitter post from Jan 08, 2014

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• I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.

  Jet Li

  Art

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Originally this was the most important thing about martial arts - to reach a higher level, to become a strong human being. Strong doesn't mean big arms. It means who can be a more strict human being with himself. That is the ideal of martial arts.

  Tsutomu Ohshima

  Art, Strong, Mean

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• If you cannot love the pain, you can at least love the lessons it teaches

  Andrew Davidson

  Pain, Lessons, Teach

  Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.373, Anchor

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• To any situation the reaction may be different. That's why it's useless - in a way - to memorize patterns, because the possibilities in life are endless, and you cannot be prepared for every single thing. Therefore it's better to be able to move in a natural way, and not even physically but intuitively.

  Vladimir Vasiliev

  Art, Moving, Different

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• If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today?

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Fighting, Training

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• When you really get technique... there is no strength that will stop you.

  Caio Terra

  Art, Technique

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• Presumably, as a Martial artist, I do not fight for gain or loss, am not concerned with strength or weakness, and neither advance a step nor retreat a step. The enemy does not see me. I do not see the enemy. Penetrating to a place where heaven and earth have not yet divided, where yin and yang have not yet arrived, I quickly and necessarily gain effect.

  Takuan Soho

  Fighting, Loss, Artist

  Takuan Sōhō (1986). “The unfettered mind: writings of the Zen master to the sword master”, Kodansha Amer Inc

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• Martial art has always been my first love.

  Akshay Kumar

  Art, First Love, Firsts

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• If losing a fight is the worst thing that's ever happened to you in your life, you're doing pretty good.

  Randy Couture

  Art, Fighting, Losing

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• So many people around the world have used nonviolence as a way to resolve a conflict that they faced in their lives. And they continue to use it everywhere all over the world there. And I think, in a way, nonviolence is our nature. Violence is not really our nature. If violence was our nature, we wouldn't need military academies and martial arts institutes to teach us how to kill and destroy people. We ought to have been born with those instincts. But the fact that we have to learn the art of killing means that it's a learned experience. And we can always unlearn it.

  Arun Manilal Gandhi

  Art, Military, Mean

  "Satyagraha 100 Years Later: Gandhi Launches Modern Non-Violent Resistance Movement on Sept. 11, 1906". "Democracy NOW!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. September 8, 2006.

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• I grew up in a martial arts gym surrounded by men and boys, and I pretty much call myself a tomboy.

  Katheryn Winnick

  Art, Boys, Men

  "Katheryn Winnick Talks VIKINGS, Her Audition, Preparing for the Physical Role of a Viking Woman and Working with Travis Fimmel and Gabriel Byrne". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 2, 2013.

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• When I was a kid, I did martial arts because boxing wasn't really available on Long Island. I think now kids are able to begin boxing earlier. So it's great and whatever can promote the sport on a whole is a good thing. And if we can do it on Long Island, where I am from, it's a beautiful thing.

  Chris Algieri

  Beautiful, Sports, Art

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• Ninja Turtles taught me how to meditate. They got me into martial arts. They helped make me who I am today.

  Greg Cipes

  Art, Turtles, Who I Am

  Source: www.wired.com

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• I have a huge relationship with Brazil; it's almost a love affair, I would say. And to me, to introduce that specific martial art like capoeira in Hollywood movies was something important to me.

  Vincent Cassel

  Art, Important, Affair

  Source: film.avclub.com

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