I have not seen a martial arts blog do this before, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Here is the first list, among many, of martial arts quotes which at one time or another have inspired me to put on the gloves, or step back into form.
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
- Buddha
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
~ Ben Jonson
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
-Unknown
“A jug fills drop by drop.”
- Buddha
I practice martial arts not to win over other people but to win over my heart.
-Tony Jaa
“Nothing is more harmful to the world than a martial art that is not effective in actual self-defense.”
– Choki Motobu
“Spirit first, technique second.”
– Gichin Funakoshi
“Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”
- Buddha
May these guide your heart and your hand.
Namaste!
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