me Posted March 27, 2008 Bruce Lee quotes: “Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.” “As long as we separate this "oneness" into two, we won't achieve realisation.” “Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.” “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as” something to aim at. "One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.” "Boards don't hit back." "A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer." "A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough." "Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself; do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it." "As you think, so shall you become." "By adopting a certain physical posture, a resonant chord is struck in spirit." "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." "I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves." "If I tell you I'm good, you would probably think I'm boasting. If I tell you I'm no good, you know I'm lying." "If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme." "If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today." "If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of." "If you make an *** out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you." "If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible." "If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that." "If you want to learn to swim, jump into the water. On dry land, no frame of mind is ever going to help you." "In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes." "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." "It's not what you give, it's the way you give it." "Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them." "Out of chaos, find simplicity, From discord, find harmony." "Real living is living for others." "Showing off is the fool's idea of glory." "The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be." "The mind is like a fertile garden in which anything that is planted, flowers or weeds, will grow." "There are lots of guys around the world that are lazy. They have big fat guts. They talk about chi power and things they can do, but don't believe it." "Use only that which works, and take it from any place you find it." "Using no way as way, having no limitation as limitation." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted March 27, 2008 KARATE QUOTES: "Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. Now put water into a cup, it becomes a cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put water into a teapot, it becomes a teapot. Now water can flow, or it can crash. Be water my friend." ~ Bruce Lee Karate-Do is a lifetime study." ~ Kenwa Mabuni "A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscrimately." ~ Chotoku Kyan "The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants." ~ Gichin Funakoshi "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 When you look at life think in terms of karate. But remember that karate is not only karate -- it is life. ~ Gichin Funakoshi "Karate practice is for the whole life; while one breaths, one practices." ~ Unknown "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom" ~ Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching "Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know." ~ Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching "Using no way as way. Having no limitation as limitation." ~ Bruce Lee "Karate begins and ends with courtesy." ~ Gichin Funakoshi "Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement." ~ Shoshin Nagamine "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) "Karate-do is definitely a martial way, and its identity lies in do or principles. Any martial art without proper training of the mind turns into beastly behavior." ~ Shoshin Nagamine "Karate-do may be referred to as the conflict within yourself, or a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training, and your own creative efforts." ~ Shoshin Nagamine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
