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"We must grow tough, but without ever losing our tenderness." - Che Guevara
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We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm...........George OrwellComment
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"Your life is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to God."
-Don't remember where I first picked it up, prolly some televangelist, but I'm always throwing it at my kids to get that last "impossible" push-up or some other tough task out of them.
"Don't try to impress me, try to impress yourself." - my father
"It's not the size of your hotdog, it's how often you fight with it (no?)" - Just tryin' to help!Comment
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"Control is illusion. Battle is improvisation." - Peter TaskerComment
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In the following quote, I substituted the words 'martial arts' for the words ' American life'
"The great and invigorating influences in " martial arts "have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think." - former United States Supreme Court Justice William O DouglasComment
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"Become your time." - a girl I met on the Internet named VioleteComment
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"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up." Vince Lombardi
"Act as though it is impossible to fail." Anonymous
"You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose." Charles Lynch
"Never let defeat have the last word." Tibetian Proverb
"He who lives without discipline dies without honor." Icelandic Proverb
"The only real failure in life is the failure to try." Anonymous
"We aim above the mark to hit the mark." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Great souls have wills; feeble ones only have wishes." Chinese Proverb
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." Gandhi
"You carry on no matter what the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up -- and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And you win." Vince Lombardi
"If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you'll be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives." Vince Lombardi
"You are only as good as you practice."Comment
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So true.Originally posted by RishDog
"Its better to have tried and failed and to not have tried at all"
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The master said"only one who bursts with eagerness do I instruct.Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten."
A Good Martial Artist is:
A benefit to his community,an outgoing example of compassion and brotherhood among men.
One who is looked up as a good role model for others to emulate.
A stylist who is willing to learn from others,and will utilize those techniques learned to improve his abilities.
One who has respect for himself and others,regardless of race or creed.
An individual who would never make a spectacle of himself by showing off to the outside.
A true man who would rather walk away from a fight rather then engage in one.
A man or woman,who through the practice of the arts,lives up to the highest expectations of themselves.
A confident winning individual who learns from experiences:good and bad alike.
A person who remembers where they came from,and what it took to get there and knows they are not alone,not in their successes or failures.
A leader and doer who never resorts to violence as a means to an end.
F.U.M. Florida Rep.Si-Fu Richard M. Mooney.Comment
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Another good one.
Winners never quit and Quitters never winComment
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"Walk softly and carry a big stick" - Theodore Roosevelt
"Girl with skirt up kick much harder than man with pants down!" - Confucius
"As long as you still draw breath, you fight!" (Agik idup agik ngelaban) - old Iban warrior saying from Borneo (often chanted at soccer games when your team is trailing 0-3!)
"Trust in God - but tie up your camel." - Arab saying, on common sense
"Man who go through airport door sideways, going to Bangkok" - ancient Chinese proverb
"Oh, I'm afraid we can't accept your surrender, old chap. We simply don't have the facilities to take you all prisoner. We'd like to, but we can't. Sorry." - casual reply from an officer of the totally surrounded, desperately outnumbered, and almost out-of-ammunition British paras at Anaheim, 1944 in response to a German offer to discuss "terms of surrender".
"Never start a fight. ALWAYS finish one." - unknownComment
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(and for those american people, clueless as always: he 'invented' the nuclear bomb)
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"those american people" are the salvation of the world! Get yourself a clue!!Comment
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Lord Chamberlain, in Shakespear's The Life of King Henry VIII
"Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It’s like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can’t control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you." - Cus D’Amato (1908-1985), boxing trainer
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma GandhiComment
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"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve"
Napoleon
"Seize the day, Carpe Diem"
Quintus Hortius Flaccus 65BC - 8BC
"The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow and hesitant"
Taisen Deshimaru
"Distrust everyone in whom the impluse to punish is powerful."
Friedrich NietzscheComment
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HagakureThe Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance.
Sun Tzu - The art of WarWhen you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be damped.
Lao Tsu - Tao te ChingWe make a vessel from a lump of clay;
It is the empty space within the vessel that makes it
useful.
Lao tsu - Tao te ChingA GOOD soldier is never aggressive;
A good fighter is never angry.
The best way of conquering an enemy
Is to win him over by not antagonising him.Comment
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