Martial Arts Quotes - Page 2

• If you don't give up, eventually you will break the cycle and you will overcome any obstacle.

  Lyoto Machida

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept defeat. To learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes you must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying!

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Winning, Mind

  "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey". Documentary, Action, Biography, 2000.

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• The very essence of martial arts is the thirst for knowledge and the truth about ourselves.

  Frank Shamrock

  Art, Essence, Thirst

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• Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Thinking, Deep Thought, World

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• Do not be afraid to get close to your opponent. The closer you are, the more you will learn.

  Manuel dos Reis Machado

  Art, Opponents

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• Strength is not born from strength. Strength can be born only from weakness. So be glad of your weaknesses now, they are the beginnings of your strength.

  Claire Weekes

  Art, Weakness, Born

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• Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

  Bruce Lee

  Fighting, Reality, Greatness

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• Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

  Bruce Lee

  Change, Moving On, Success

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.14, Tuttle Publishing

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• To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Lying, Expression

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• I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.

  Chuck Norris

  Motivational, Thinking, Fog

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• The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

  Mas Oyama

  Art, Path, Courtesy

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• Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Art, Character, Fighting

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• Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

  Andy Murray

  Sports, Art, Boxing

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

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• Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Strength, Peace, Thorough Knowledge

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

  Chuck Norris

  Inspirational, Humorous, Anger

  Chuck Norris (2014). “The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories”, p.102, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

  Jet Li

  Motivational, Use, Weapons

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• One must try, everyday, to expand one's limits.

  Mas Oyama

  Art, Everyday, Trying

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• I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

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

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• Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.

  Jet Li

  Motivational, Movie, Art

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• A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivation, Anger

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.31, Tuttle Publishing

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• A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.

  Bruce Lee

  Dream, Fighting, Artist

  "Fictional character: Lee". "Enter the Dragon", 1973.

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• Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.

  Bruce Lee

  Fighting, Mma, Use

  "Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit". Book by Bruce Thomas, p. 44, 1994.

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• The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

  Bruce Lee

  Life, Motivational, Memories

  "Fictional character: Bruce Lee". "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story", www.imdb.com. 1993.

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• I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.

  Barry Eisler

  Art, Gun, Thinking

  "After the CIA, Barry Eisler writes thrillers" by Carolyne Zinko, www.sfgate.com. July 25, 2010.

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