Favorite Martial Arts Quotes
What are some of your Favorite Martial Arts Quotes and one liners?
"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill."
~ Sun-Tsu ~The Art of War
"No matter how you may excel in the art of te, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as observed in daily life." ~ Teijunsoku (Nago Oyakata)
I think these two sum the spirit of Karate very well.
"Now water can flow, and it can crash. You put water into a cup it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. Be water my friend."
~Bruce Lee
I just love this saying. It makes sense and can be applied not only to martial arts but to many things.
Edited: Danieltos on 12th Jul, 2009 - 12:53pm
"Of those who start Taekwondo training, only about 5% stick with it until they achieve the Black Belt Rank. Then perhaps 80% of those who earn a Black stop there."
- Duk Sung Son, Black Belt Korean Karate
"Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you did a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means." Ed Parker