Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends.

If you do not overcome your tendency to give up easily, your life leads to nothing.

One becomes a beginner after 1000 days of training. One becomes a master after 10,000 days of practice.

I realized that perseverence and step-by-step progress are the only ways to reach a goal along a chosen path.

Human beings are capable of virtually limitless degradation; they are also capable of virtually limitless improvement and achievement. Success depends on goals and on diligence in pursuing them.

One must try, everyday, to expand one's limits.

Personal greed and egoism are things that cause human beings to forget respect for others and to violate rules that have been established for the sake of peace and friendship.

If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum of his life to, I would answer: training. Train more than you sleep.

The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large.

One living daily in the Way carries their head low and their eyes high; reserved in speech and possessing a kind heart, they steadfastly continue in their training efforts.

We are prisoners of our thoughts. We like to imprison everyone in the same prison and think that it will solve the problems of humanity. Yet everyone is unique

There are symbolic dreams-dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities-realities that symbolize a dream

We're on the same wavelength. We're connected that way, even if I'm away from her.

Auguries are oft subtle...and dangerous - thou may deem they mean one thing when they mean something else altogether.

It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more.

ACT as men of thought; THINK as men of action.

A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me.

I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

You are Beautiful when you are happy