Quotes for warriors

January 05, 2010, 01:59:56 am

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Quotes for warriors

I'm putting together one of those quote generator on face book and I need good quotes I got about 50 so far. any good suggestions. (I searched for quotes on the forum before making this thread)

A person thinks of himself as something to be sold....this mentality divides the flower and the fruit into two, and makes much less of the fruit than the flower. - Miyamoto Musashi
Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
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 Francis Butler
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire. ~ Mark Twain
Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit. ~ Joe Lewis
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought. ~ Matsu Basho
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. ~ Bruce Lee
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle
Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
“The best part of falling is getting back up again.” -David Belle
“The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.” -The Dhammapada
Remember... you are expressing the technique, not doing the technique ~ Bruce Lee
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ~ Lao-Tzu
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~ Lao-Tzu
Boards don't hit back. ~ Bruce Lee
The obstacle is the path ~ Zen Proverb
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
Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage. ~ Deng Ming-Dao
"Given enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both....and surpass the result." - Tien T'ai
"You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair." - Taisen Deshimaru
“Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot move you, and so tall that the greatest enterprises of common men seem insignificant from your lofty perspective. With your mind as high as Mt Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things happening near to you.” - Miyamoto Musashi
"I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger." - Mencius
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." - Confucius
"Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole body and soul can be a true master. For this reason, mastery demands all of a person."
"One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a go-for-broke charge and conquer the opponent with one decisive slash." - Togo Shigekata.
"It is easy to kill someone with a slash of a sword. It is hard to be impossible for others to cut down" - Yagyu Munenori
"To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant" - Taisen Deshimaru
"To think, "I will not think" - This, too, is something in one's thoughts. Simply do not think about not thinking at all." - Takuan
"Victory goes to the one who has no thought of himself."- Shinkage School of Swordsmanship
"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy." - Sun Tzu
"People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is not the true void. It is bewilderment...” - Miyamoto Musashi
"You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough. Without imitating anyone else, you should have as much weaponry as suits you." — Miyamoto Musashi
"The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him." — Miyamoto Musashi
"Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is the resolute acceptance of death." ~Miyamoto Musashi
"Do nothing which is of no use." ~Miyamoto Musashi
"The 7 Obstacles to overcome: 1-ignorance 2-impatience 3-confusion 4-procrastination 5-anger 6-fear 7-doubt." -- Unknown
"Extraordinary abilities can only come from extraordinary efforts." -- Unknown
"Black Belt -- A white belt that never quit!" -- Unknown
"Power is created in the mind, Rooted in the feet, developed in the legs, directed by the hips, transferred through the torso, focused in the feet or hands and felt in the spirit." -- C. J. Doyle
"Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway." -- Mary Kay Ash
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." -- Unknown
"It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head." --Sally Kempton
"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." -- Katherine Mansfield
"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend." - Bruce Lee
"To me totality is very important in sparring. Many styles claim this totality. They say that they can cope with all types of attacks; that their structures cover all the possible lines and angles, and are capable of retaliation from all angles and lines. If this is true, then how did all the different styles come about? If they are in totality, why do some use only the straight lines, others the round lines, some only kicks, and why do still others who want to be different just flap and flick their hands? To me a system that clings to one small aspect of combat is actually in bondage." - Bruce Lee
"The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement." - Bruce Lee
"Martial Arts should be a way of life, not a job, hobby, sport, but a part of you and the way you live your life." -- Frank Gutting
"There is no point at which you can say, 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'" -- Carrie Fisher
"If ambition doesn't hurt you, you haven't got it." -- Kathleen Norris
““When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable.”” ~ Carlos Castaneda
“A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for what he does.”~ Carlos Castaneda
““To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.”~ Carlos Castaneda

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January 06, 2010, 03:41:40 pm

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Re: Quotes for warriors

Those who fear death should not follow me .... Vlad Tepes, The Historical Dracula. Fiery

Life is never what it seems, and every man must lead his destiny.

January 07, 2010, 01:06:07 am

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Re: Quotes for warriors

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger," Friedrich Nietzsche.

"Ancora Imparo" - Michelangelo

January 07, 2010, 01:25:58 am

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Re: Quotes for warriors

"avoid being seen; seen, avoid capture; captured, avoid being held." - Shadowhand Credo

"Knowing the art of the direct and the indirect approach, you will always be victorious." - Sun Tzu

"Despite technological developments, nothing is better than developing your own innate senses and abilities." - Dr.Haha Lung
"A man can see the way this world goes with no eyes" - William Shakespeare

"Only do, or do not. There is no try" - Master Yoda

"On the darkest of nights, the sheep shall turn to fools and madmen"