Martial Arts Quotes - Page 21

• Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Beauty, Humor

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• I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in tune.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, Childhood, Trying

  Interview with Bill Graham, collider.com. November 29, 2012.

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• It takes years of building that experience as a filmmaker, as well as physically. You have to have a high level understanding of martial arts.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, Years, Understanding

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• Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, Men, Skills

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• Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wrestling

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• The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Warrior, Thinking

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• The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest.

  Bruce Lee

  Real, Thought Provoking, Doe

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.376, Tuttle Publishing

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• You can only fight the way you practice

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Inspirational, Fighting, Mma

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• The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Art, Mma, Use

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• The Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way.

  Jim Benton

  Art, Uniforms, Way

  Jim Benton (2013). “Dear Dumb Diary #11: Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers”, p.10, Scholastic

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• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't our lives be like that? It's a box left unopened, and its avoidance explains the continued popularity of vampire epics and martial-arts extravaganzas.

  David Sedaris

  Falling In Love, Art, Epic

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• I want to learn martial arts," he said docilely, "so when I want to kill someone, I can do something about it.

  Neil Strauss

  Art, Want, Said

  Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game”, p.8, Canongate Books

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• That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts noises, thousands flee in terror. Don't test me." "Can you hear that? It's my knees knocking." "They're wise to fear me.

  Nora Roberts

  Wise, Art, Winter

  Nora Roberts (2012). “The Novels of Nora Roberts”, p.1079, Penguin

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• Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image

  Bruce Lee

  Philosophical, Self, Differences

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• I’m Charlotte Davidson: private investigator, police consultant, all -around badass. Or I could’ve been a badass, had I stuck with those lessons in mixed martial arts. I was only in that class to learn how to kill people with paper.

  Darynda Jones

  Art, Badass, Class

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.365, St. Martin's Press

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• The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.

  Bruce Lee

  Strong, Athlete, Power

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• Discipline. Honour. Respect. This is why I appreciate MMA.

  Houston Alexander

  Art, Mma, Discipline

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• If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength you get tired. And if you get tired, you die!

  Saulo Ribeiro

  Strength, Art, Tired

  "Saulo Ribeiro: 'We Should Drop The 'Brazilian' in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu'". Jits Magazine Interview (translated from French), www.bjjee.com. February 11, 2016.

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• I got the best advice I've ever been given; 'Punch him in the face as much as you can.' Keep it simple, so that's what I did.

  Court McGee

  Art, Simple, Advice

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• Relax and calm your mind. Forget about yourself and follow your opponent's movement.

  Yip Man

  Art, Mind, Relax

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• Krav Maga heightens perception and transforms fear into something more productive.

  Imi Lichtenfeld

  Art, Perception, Productive

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• Everything too fast is not good but everything too slow is also not good. You need balance. That's why I like martial arts: it always tells you how to control your body, your mind, your heart. Balance. Balance can keep the world's peace. I think that's a very good thing.

  Jet Li

  Art, Thinking, Mind

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• Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Mean, Style

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• Hard work can't be ignored forever.

  John Moraga

  Art, Hard Work, Forever

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