MARTIAL ARTS QUOTES

“Pain is weakness leaving the body.” – Unknown

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“Black Belt — A white belt that never quit”. – Unknown

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“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

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“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

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“Act like a man of thought – Think like a man of action.” – Thomas Mann

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“Where do you begin? Perfect is a good place to start. We must always focus on improving things that are already perfect”. – J. Viol

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“Remember… you are expressing the technique, not doing the technique”. – Bruce Lee

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“Boards don’t hit back”. – Bruce Lee

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“Courage first; power second; technique third”. – Unknown

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit”. – Aristotle

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“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become of it.” – John Ruskin

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“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true”. – Balzac

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“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison

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“Fear not the man who practises a thousand attacks once. Fear the man who practises one move a thousand times”.

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“How you train is how it will come out”. – David James

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“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them”. – Michael Jordan

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“When you say “I will” with conviction, magic begins to happen”. – Wally Amos

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“Fall seven times, stand up eight”. – Japanese Proverb

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“Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve”. – Leonardo Da Vinci

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“What the mind can perceive, the heart can believe, the body can achieve”.

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“If you think you can or you think you can’t, you are right”.

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“Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them”. – Bud Fox

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“Do, or do not, there is no try”. – Yoda

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“Black belt is not something you get, it is something you become”. – Warrior Spirit

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“Failure is only temporary. Quitting makes it permanent”. – Unknown

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“In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued”. – Bruce Lee

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“A person who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in their every action”. – Unknown

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“If you know the art of breathing you have the strength, wisdom and courage of ten tigers”. – Chinese adage

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“The time to strike is when the opportunity presents itself”. – 6th code of Ishinryu Karatedo

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“The more you sweat the less you bleed”.

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“Even though surrounded by several enemies set to attack, fight with the thought that they are but one”. – Ueshiba

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“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do”. – Bruce Lee

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“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them”. – Michael Jordan

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“Tomorrow’s battle is won during today’s practice”. – Samurai Maxim

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“A black belt is more than a belt that goes around your waist. Being a black belt is a state of mind and attitude”. – Rick English

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“To know and act are one and the same”. – Samurai Maxim

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“Don’t fail for want of trying. Give it a go”. – WGP

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“There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one”. – Chuck Norris