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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

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War is not about who is right, it is about who is left. – Bertrand Russell

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious. – Sun Tzu

One sword keeps another in the sheath. - George Herbert

One sword keeps another in the sheath. – George Herbert

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The Pen Is NOT Mightier Than The Sword.

The Pen Is NOT Mightier Than The Sword.

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The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute. - Charles de Gaulle

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute. – Charles de Gaulle

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To a real warrior

To a real warrior, power perceived may be power achieved.

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Act like a man of thought - Think like a man of action. - Thomas Mann

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

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One mind

One mind, any weapon. – Hunter B. Armstrong

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I seek not only to follow in the footsteps of the men of old

I seek not only to follow in the footsteps of the men of old, I seek the things they sought. –

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That which doesn't kill me

That which doesn’t kill me, will make me stronger!

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True strength is the flower of Wisdom, but its seed is action. – Hemalayaa

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War is not about who is right

War is not about who is right, it is about who is left. – Bertrand Russell

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We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training. - Archilochus

We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training. – Archilochus

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Some Warriors look fierce

Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage. – Deng Ming-Dao

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It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. - Confucius

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. – Confucius

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Mental bearing (calmness)

Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant. – Tsukahara Bokuden

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The flower of flowers is the Sakura - Cherry Blossom. The Samurai is the man among men. - Japanese proverb

The flower of flowers is the Sakura – Cherry Blossom. The Samurai is the man among men. – Japanese proverb

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Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole body and soul can be a true master. For this reason

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. –

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The Ultimate Warrior leaves no openings - Except in his mind. - Seishinkan ITP

The Ultimate Warrior leaves no openings – Except in his mind. – Seishinkan ITP

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SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point. - Shioda Gozo

SHUCHU RYOKU – Focus all your energy to one point. – Shioda Gozo

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When you aim for perfection

When you aim for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target. – Unknown

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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

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

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When the World is at Peace

When the World is at Peace, a gentleman keeps his Sword by his side. – Wu Tsu

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Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you. - Morihei Ueshiba

Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you. – Ueshiba

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It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray; Of the mind

It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray; Of the mind, Do not be mindless. – Takuan Soho

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The more you sweat in training

The more you sweat in training, the less you will bleed in battle. – Motto of Navy Seals

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The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things. - The Buddha

The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things. – The Buddha

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JIU YOKU GO O SEI SURU - Flexibility Masters Hardness.

JIU YOKU GO O SEI SURU – Flexibility Masters Hardness.

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Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. – Chinese Proverb

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When the student is ready, the Master appears. – Buddhist Proverb

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See first with your mind

See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body. – Yagyu Munenori

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Be master OF mind rather than mastered BY mind. - Zen Saying

Be master OF mind rather than mastered BY mind. – Zen Saying

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A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger. - Chris Bradford

A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger. – Chris Bradford

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A samurai was essentially a man of action. - Inazo Nitobe

A samurai was essentially a man of action. – Inazo Nitobe

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A samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog

A samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog, outside the hide of a tiger. – Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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A warrior does not give up what he loves

A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does. – Dan Millman

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A warrior's mission is to foster the success of others - Morihei Ueshiba

A warrior’s mission is to foster the success of others – Morihei Ueshiba

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Act like a man of thought - Think like a man of action. - Thomas Mann

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

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Be a leader

Be a leader, not a superior. – Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm. - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm. – Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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A warrior lives by acting

A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting. – Carlos Castaneda

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Any great warrior is also a scholar

Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist. – Steven Seagal

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Be a Samurai. Because you just never know what's behind the freaking sky. - Laini Taylor

Be a Samurai. Because you just never know what’s behind the freaking sky. – Laini Taylor

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Be honorable to your friends. – Hwarang

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Be loyal to your king. – Hwarang

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Be obedient to your parents. – Hwarang

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Each person is the universe from a particular perspective. - Morihei Ueshiba

Each person is the universe from a particular perspective. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Fear is the true opiate of combat. - Unknown

Fear is the true opiate of combat. – Unknown

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Cast off limiting thoughts and return to true emptiness. Stand in the midst of the great void. This is the secret of the Way of a Warrior. - Morihei Ueshiba

Cast off limiting thoughts and return to true emptiness. Stand in the midst of the great void. This is the secret of the Way of a Warrior. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. - Morihei Ueshiba

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Fight only after creating conditions for victory. - Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Fight only after creating conditions for victory. – Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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First see to it that you

First see to it that you, yourself, are all right, then think of defeating an opponent. –

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Focus on stillness

Focus on stillness, rather than on movement – Morihei Ueshiba

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For hope is but the dream of those that wake. - Matthew Prior

For hope is but the dream of those that wake. – Matthew Prior

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Fortune favors the brave. - Publius Terence

Fortune favors the brave. – Publius Terence

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He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. - Friedrich Nietzsche

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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He who hesitates is lost. - Proverb

He who hesitates is lost. – Proverb

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Honour always wins

Honour always wins, it is inevitable. – Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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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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Go to the battlefield firmly confident of victory and you will come home with no wounds whatsoever. - Uesugi Kenshin

Go to the battlefield firmly confident of victory and you will come home with no wounds whatsoever. – Uesugi Kenshin

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He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened. - Tao Te Ching

He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened. – Tao Te Ching

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Honor may not win power

Honor may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power. – Ishida Mitsunari

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If you are centered

If you are centered, you can move freely. – Morihei Ueshiba

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If you have built castles in the air

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. – Henry David Thoreau

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Inspiration and genius one and the same. - Victor Hugo

Inspiration and genius one and the same. – Victor Hugo

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man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive - Hajima Saito

man who can’t uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive – Hajima Saito

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Never retreat in battle. – Hwarang

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If you have not linked yourself to true emptiness

If you have not linked yourself to true emptiness, you will never understand the art of peace. – Morihei Ueshiba

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If you would create something

If you would create something, you must be something. – Jonathan Wolfgang Von Goethe

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In a real battle

In a real battle, atemi is seventy percent, technique is thirty percent. – Morihei Ueshiba

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In the Wu Tzu it says He who would save his life shall lose it

In the Wu Tzu it says He who would save his life shall lose it, and he who would give up his life shall save it. – Takeda Nobushige

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It's actually the samurai spirit

It’s actually the samurai spirit, which is ‘no fear and never give up. – Enson Inoue – Henson Inoue

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. - Jonathan Wolfgang Von Goethe

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. – Jonathan Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision - Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision – Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Take arrows in your forehead

Take arrows in your forehead, but never in your back. – Samurai Maxim

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Learning is to a man as the leaves and branches are to a tree

Learning is to a man as the leaves and branches are to a tree, and it can be said that he should simply not be without it. – Takeda Shingen

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Life is growth. If we stop growing

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Life itself is always a trial. In training

Life itself is always a trial. In training, you must test and polish yourself in order to face the great challenges of life. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. - Morihei Ueshiba

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you. - Morihei Ueshiba

Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you. – Morihei Ueshiba

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The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost

The best way out is always through. – Robert Frost

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The power of imagination makes us infinite. - John Muir

The power of imagination makes us infinite. – John Muir

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The seeds of great victory lie in minor triumphs. - Toyotomi Hideyoshi

The seeds of great victory lie in minor triumphs. – Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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My art is different than yours; it consists not in defeating others

My art is different than yours; it consists not in defeating others, but in not being defeated. – Tsukahara Bokuden

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Nothing is so strong as gentleness

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. – Saint Francis De Sales

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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. – Samuel Johnson

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Now and again

Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountain and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life – Morihei Ueshiba

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One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says To study and not to think is darkness. To think without study is dangerous. - Takeda Nobushige

One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says To study and not to think is darkness. To think without study is dangerous. – Takeda Nobushige

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The warrior of the light has a destiny to fulfill. - Paulo Coelho

The warrior of the light has a destiny to fulfill. – Paulo Coelho

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Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything. - Morihei Ueshiba

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything. – Morihei Ueshiba

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To a real warrior

To a real warrior, power perceived may be power achieved –

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True victory is victory over oneself. - Morihei Ueshiba

True victory is victory over oneself. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance. - Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance. – Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere. - Morihei Ueshiba

Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position - Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position – Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Sword and mind must be united. Technique by itself is insufficient

Sword and mind must be united. Technique by itself is insufficient, and spirit alone is not enough. – Yamada Jirokichi

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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. - George S. Patton

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. – George S. Patton

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The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke

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Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. - Albert Einstein

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. – Albert Einstein

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We make war that we may live in peace. - Aristotle

We make war that we may live in peace. – Aristotle

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When one is serving his master

When one is serving his master, he should exert himself. – Takeda Nobushige

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The path of the Warrior is lifelong

The path of the Warrior is lifelong, and mastery is often simply staying on the path. – Richard Strozzi-Heckler

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The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack

The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit. – Morihei Ueshiba

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The samurai always has to rise and move on

The Samurai always has to rise and move on, because new challenges will come. – Lyoto Machida

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The samurai always has to rise and move on

The samurai always has to rise and move on, because new challenges will come – Lyoto Machida

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The Samurai is the first to suffer anxiety for human society, and he is the last to seek personal pleasure. – Morihei Ueshiba

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The true meaning of the samurai is one who serves and adheres to the power of love. - Morihei Ueshiba

The true meaning of the samurai is one who serves and adheres to the power of love. – Morihei Ueshiba

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When you aim for perfection

When you aim for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target – Unknown

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You can always die. It's living that takes real courage. - Himura Kenshin

You can always die. It’s living that takes real courage. – Himura Kenshin

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Your spirit is the true shield. - Morihei Ueshiba

Your spirit is the true shield. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Those who have a warped mind

Those who have a warped mind, a mind of discord, have been defeated from the beginning. – Morihei Ueshiba

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To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. - Chogyam Trungpa

To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. – Chogyam Trungpa

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To find what you seek in the road of life

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned. – Edward Bulwer Lytton

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To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace. - Morihei Ueshiba

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace. – Morihei Ueshiba

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True victory does not come from defeating an enemy

True victory does not come from defeating an enemy, true victory comes from giving love and changing an enemies heart – Morihei Ueshiba

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We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls. - Winston Churchill

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls. – Winston Churchill

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence

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

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We don't rise to the level of our expectations

We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training. – Archilochus

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When an opponent comes forward

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Whenever you meet difficult situations dash forward bravely and joyfully. - Tsunetomo Yamamoto Hagakure

Whenever you meet difficult situations dash forward bravely and joyfully. – Tsunetomo Yamamoto Hagakure

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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

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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Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. - Buddha

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. – Buddha

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