The Arts Quotes

When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

Humility is the first rule of martial arts. Either you learn humility quickly, or you leave because your ego can't handle losing repeatedly.

Gain confidence and you banish fear.

A new report says ISIS is trying to recruit professionals like doctors, engineers, and accountants. Sorry, kids, even ISIS says they're not hiring liberal arts majors.

The best fighter is never angry.

When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.

I'm a product of an East Coast liberal arts educational system.

I love Tony Jaa. He's one of the best and most capable martial arts stuntmen in the world.

Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.

If you think a thing is impossible,you'll only make it impossible.

Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.

Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth.

The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.

To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself.

Martial arts have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.

I only want my work to make people happy.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.

The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction.

The simple everyday experiences become the doorway to new thoughts and inspirations.

The kickboxing and the martial arts is so fun. It's like anything in school. You're not going to retain information unless you're interested in it.

It's not what you're going to take from martial arts, it's what you have to give to martial arts

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

Karate is for life, not points.

Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well.

I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college.

A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts.

Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial arts background, they think I am, but I'm really not.

Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.

Train hard, get good coaching and don't forget that its mixed martial arts. Don't get tied into one style of fighting and focus on multiple disciplines.

What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.

You parents can provide no better gift for your children than an education in the liberal arts. House and home burn down, but an education is easy to carry along.

Every piece of art is a mirror and serves the function of reflectivity to expose to you and reveal to you more of who you are.

We need our Arts to teach us how to breathe

Wanting to become stronger than everybody else has no meaning.

I was very sickly as a kid and had a lot of allergies, so martial arts gave me the chance to feel strong.

The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and liberal arts, to be able to get the best of both.

Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.

I'd had the quintessential liberal arts experience, and I came out of college not having a clue of what to do.

A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscrimately.

Martial arts has been a way of life for me since I was a young kid. It created a discipline and respect for everything. Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike.

When you really get technique... there is no strength that will stop you.

Never depart from the way of martial arts.