The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice.

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.

What if everyone knew what a flower could do?

I’ve learned through the years that it’s not where you live, it’s the people who surround you that make you feel at home.

Love isn't a stock option, it's a donation. Like blood, you don't ask for it back. Just love. That is the return, knowing that you loved.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.

You have to act and act now.

I grew up watching Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer.

When you are in anger, in passion, violent, aggressive, you feel a crystallized ego within you. Whenever you are in love, in compassion, it is not there.