Samurai Quotes

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Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.

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

As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit

Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray - of the mind, do not be mindless

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but every day, you get closer to perfection.

A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's.

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

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

I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.

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

The way of the Samurai is found in death.

I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.

a samurai is a total human being, whereas a man who is completely absorbed in his technical skill has degenerated into a ‘function’, one cog in a machine.

My philosophy is the same as a Samurai: To hit without getting hit.

I dreamt of worldly success once.

The Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance.

I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.

SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point.

We should think of a photographer as a Samurai who makes rituals, moves and gestures in order to develop his techniques and his instinct.

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

Never quit, you have to resist to the utmost. 'Til you drop, like a Samurai

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.

As for the decorum at the time of a campaign, one must be mindful that he is a samurai. A person who loves beautification where it is unnecessary is fit for punishment.

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

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

Everyone feels fear. What a samurai or warrior is, is what you do when you feel fear.

It's actually the samurai spirit, which is 'no fear and never give up.

The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always reduced to the perfectly still.

I do not like to be called a samurai, but I admit that I have an image of myself as a fighter. I would like to fight against all authorities and powers.

Once the will is resolved, one's spirit is strengthened. Even a peasant's will is hard to deny, but a samurai of resolute will can sway ten thou­sand men.

It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film. It's not good.

It feels like guitarists are samurais. You know, I'm playing a guitar, instead of a katana!

I am the scroll of the poet behind which samurai swords are being sharpened.

I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.

This is almost the most famous story The last samurai - Samurai story - in Japan.

I've done Last Samurai in Japan, in LA, in New Zealand. Even in Japan it is very hard to shoot, because there's been so many changes. Only around a temple can we shoot.

Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.

No matter how much you hate or how much you suffer, you can't bring the dead back to life

I've done a lot of Samurai film in Japan, and sometimes done the choreography by myself.

The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.

A hug from a samurai girl is warmer than a heap of blankets and more meaningful than a pile of words.

The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the body.

Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.

Kim: Hey... There's a guy over there with a samurai sword. Scott: Really? Like a katana or a wakizashi or both?

I like action films, not exclusively, but I like Samurai films. I like Westerns. Not so much war pictures, but a few. I like kinetic cinema.

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

Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.

Becoming the opponent means you should put yourself in an opponent's place and think from the opponent's point of view.