Martial Arts Quotes - Page 20

• I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.

  Jason Statham

  Art, Shy

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• Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

  Bruce Lee

  Wisdom, Respect, Knowledge

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.46, Tuttle Publishing

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• A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn't worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.

  Pink

  Art, People, Worry

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• You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.

  Sun Tzu

  Warrior, Defense, Opponents

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• I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.

  Lou Reed

  Art, Modern, Choreography

  "Interviewing Lou Reed: Not a perfect day" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2003.

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• When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Sports, Moving, Aikido

  "The Art of Peace" by Morihei Ueshiba, translated by John Stevens, 1992.

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• All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Change, Sports, Ties

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.26, Shambhala Publications

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• Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

  Bruce Lee

  Moving, Echoes, Mirrors

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.13, Tuttle Publishing

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• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.

  Muhammad Ali

  Butterfly, Eye, Greatness

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• Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.175, Tuttle Publishing

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• There were only two men on the planet better educated in the various martial arts than Butler, and he was related to one of them. The other lived on an island in the South China Sea, and spent his days meditating and beating up palm trees. You had to feel sorry for the B'wa Kell.

  Eoin Colfer

  Art, Sorry, Men

  Eoin Colfer (2003). “Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident - Book #2”, Miramax

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• There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, Strong, Easter

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• No matter how you may excel in the art of Karate, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as observed in daily life.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Art, Humanity, Important

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• Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

  Bruce Lee

  Encouragement, Moving, Goal

  Bruce Lee, John Little (1997). “Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way”, Tuttle Publishing

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• But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions.

  Meredith Baxter

  Mother, Daughter, Art

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• Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.

  Tsukahara Bokuden

  Warrior, Skills, Arrogant

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• The undisturbed mind is like the calm body water reflecting the brilliance of the moon. Empty the mind and you will realize the undisturbed mind.

  Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi

  Warrior, Moon, Empty Mind

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• Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Art, Warrior, Challenges

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.157, Shambhala Publications

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• The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always reduced to the perfectly still.

  Sun Tzu

  Warrior, Battle, Samurai

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• Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind... then the Great Way is right before your eyes.

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo

  Eye, Cutting, Warrior

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• SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point.

  Gozo Shioda

  Warrior, Focus, Samurai

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• The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.

  William Butler

  Art, Fighting, Men

  Sir William Francis Butler (1892). “Charles George Gordon”, London ; New York : Macmillan

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• If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.

  Bruce Lee

  Swimming, Land, Water

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  Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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• I need a weapon,” Valkyrie muttered. “You’re an Elemental with a Necromancer ring, trained in a variety of martial arts by some of the best fighters in the world,” Skulduggery pointed out. “I’m fairly certain that makes you a weapon.” “I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick.” “I’ll buy you a stick for Christmas.

  Derek Landy

  Art, Mean, Gun

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