Martial Arts Quotes - Page 34

• Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.

  Neal Stephenson

  Art, Revenge, Real

  "Snow Crash". Book by Neal Stephenson, 1992.

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• Kids are always infatuated with the action in Martial Arts Films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than the Arts. That is what kept me straight and decent. I always had a place to go. That was the dojo. I always had something to look forward to doing.

  Thomas Ian Griffith

  Art, Kids, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

  Confucius

  Cat, Dark, Black

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• Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo

  Dream, Real, Men

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). “Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai”, p.11, Xist Publishing

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• Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Fighting, Talent

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.31, Penguin

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• I do Jiu Jitsu so I can protect you when I fight you.

  Ryron Gracie

  Art, Fighting, Jiu Jitsu

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• Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Art, Karate, Ends

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• Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

  Muhammad Ali

  Skills, Boxing, Champion

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2011

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• I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.

  Archilochus

  Art, Hurt, Warrior

  "Quotations for Martial Artists : Hundreds of Inspirational Quotes to Motivate and Enlighten the Modern Warrior". Book edited by John D. Moore, 2003.

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• People who really have Ki don't feel it because everything happens naturally within them.

  Christian Tissier

  People, Feels, Happens

  "Aikido as an education system". Interview with Guillaume Erard and Ivan Bel, www.guillaumeerard.com. February 2, 2008.

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• Be happy, but never satisfied.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Mma

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