Quotes on Martial Arts

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.