To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.

It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.

Face your fear, empty yourself, trust your own voice, let go of control, have faith in outcomes, connect with a larger purpose, derive meaning from the struggle.

If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.

Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.

The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.

Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens.

The pine fought the storm and broke. The willow yielded to the wind and snow and did not break. Practice Jiu-Jitsu in just this way.

Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively.

Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.

Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.

Don’t become that which you fear most.

It was books that made me feel that perhaps I wasn't completely alone.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'

Your fans, they count on you to make wise decisions and wise choices. That's why they're your fan base. If you continually let them down, they're going to go find someone else to be fans of.

Yesterday's success belongs to yesterday.

Art is long, and the talk about it is even longer.

Love's reason's without reason