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| If you believe you can, you are right. if you believe you can't, you are right." |
| "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." |
| "When you speak, you only hear what you know. But when you listen, you hear what someone else knows." |
| We are all climbing different paths through the mountain of life, and we have all experienced much hardship and strife. There are many paths through the mountain of life, and some climbs can be felt like the point of a knife. Some paths are short and others are long, who can say which path is right or wrong? The beauty of truth is that each path has its own song, and if you listen closely you will find where you belong. So climb your own path true and strong, but respect all other truths for your way for them could be wrong. -Dan Inosanto |
| The only difference between the possible and the impossible is one's will. - Hironori Ohtsuka Sensei |
| It is better to have a backbone than a wishbone. Author Unknown |
| “I expect to pass through the world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show to any creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it, for I shall not pass this way again.” — Stephen Grellet, 18th/19th-century French/American religious leader |
| "Men are only great as they are kind." — Elbert Hubbard, 19th/20th-century American entrepreneur and philosopher (founder of Roycroft) |
| "What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?" — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th-century French philosopher |
| “A kind word is like a spring day.” — Russian proverb |
| "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." — Aesop, ancient Greek moralist |
| “Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.” — Henry F. Amiel |
| "If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it." — Lucy Larcom |
| "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." — Edith Wharton, 19th-century American author |
| Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. — Frank A. Clark |
| “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” — Albert Pike, 19th-century Scottish Rite Freemason |
| “We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.” — Seneca, Roman statesman and author |
| “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” — Mohandas Gandhi, 20th-century Indian nonviolent civil rights leader |
| “If one man dies, it is a tragedy; if a thousand men die, it is a statistic.” — Phillipe Berthelot |
| “One must care about a world one will never see.” — Bertrand Russell, 20th-century British mathematician and philosopher |
| “It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.” — Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher |
| “Unshared joy is an unlighted candle.” — Spanish proverb |
| “The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.” — Swedish proverb |
| “You have not lived a perfect day, even though you have earned your money, unless you have done something for someone who cannot repay you.” — Ruth Smeltzer |
| “Compassion is the basis of morality.'' — Arnold Schopenhauer, early 19th-century German philosopher |
| "Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." — Albert Schweitzer, early 20th-century German Nobel Peace Prize-winning mission doctor and theologian |
| "Character is what you are in the dark." — Unknown |
| "Another man's soul is darkness." — Russian proverb |
| "Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike." — Theodore Roosevelt, 20th-century American president |
| "Character is what you are in the dark." — Unknown "Another man's soul is darkness." — Russian proverb "Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike." — Theodore Roosevelt, 20th-century American president "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist and poet |
| “If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.” — Woodrow Wilson, 20th-century American president |
| "Character is what you are in the dark." — Unknown "Another man's soul is darkness." — Russian proverb "Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike." — Theodore Roosevelt, 20th-century American president "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist and poet “If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.” — Woodrow Wilson, 20th-century American president "We are what we seem to be." — Willard Gaylin, 20th-century American psychiatrist |
| "Our lives teach us who we are." — Salman Rushdie, 20th-century Anglo-Indian novelist |
| "If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character." — Paul Newman, 20th-century American actor |
| "What someone is, begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do." — Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th-century German philosopher |
| "Why are we surprised when fig trees bear figs?" — Margaret Titzel |
| “Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” — Abraham Lincoln, 19th-century U.S. president |
| "You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jelly beans." — Ronald Reagan, 20th-century U.S. president |
| “A person’s character is what it is. It’s a little like a marriage – only without the option of divorce. You can work on it and try to make it better, but basically you have to take the bitter with the sweet.” — Henrik Hertzberg, 20th-century American editor and journalist |
| “What a man’s mind can create, man’s character can control.” — Attributed to Thomas Edison, 19th/20th-century American inventor |
| “The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops – no, but the kind of man the country turns out.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist, public philosopher and poet |
| “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” — Helen Keller, 20th-century American social activist, public speaker and author |
| “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” — Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize-winning 20th-century American civil rights leader |
| “The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.” — Abigail van Buren ("Dear Abby"), 20th-century American newspaper advice columnist |
| “Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.” — Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher |
| “Character is an essential tendency. It can be covered up, it can be messed with, it can be screwed around with, but it can’t be ultimately changed. It’s the structure of our bones, the blood that runs through our veins.” — Sam Shepard, 20th-century American playwright |
| “The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.” — Baron Thomas Babington Macauley, early 19th-century English historian |
| “Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, and only character endures.” — Horace Greeley, 19th-century American journalist and educator |
| "The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he’s born." — William R. Inge |
| "If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why they deserve both admiration and allegiance. Children must learn to identify the forms and content of those traits." — William J. Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education, author |
| "The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day." — William J. Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education, author |
| "Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct." — Thomas Carlyle, 19th-century Scots-English historian, author |
| "Character is much easier kept than recovered." — Thomas Paine, 18th-century American political activist |
| "Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has." — Alphonse Karr |
| "All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are." — Pablo Neruda, 20th-century Nobel Prize-winning, Chilean poet and political activist |
| "Character is fate." — Heraclitus, ancient Greek historian |
| "Character is simply habit long continued." — Plutarch, Roman biographer |
| "One can acquire everything in solitude — except character." — Henri Stendahl, 19th-century French author |
| "Character is that which can do without success." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist, public philosopher and poet |
| "No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist, public philosopher and poet |
| "The force of character is cumulative." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist, public philosopher and poet |
| "Not in time, place or circumstance but in the man lies success." — James Joyce, 20th-century Irish novelist |
| “The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.” — Baron Thomas Babington Macauley, early 19th-century English historian |
| “It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.” — Arthur Schopenhauer, 19th-century German philosopher |
| “If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.”— Beryl Markham, 20th-century English adventurer and author |
| "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” — Goethe, 18th/19th-century German poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher |
| “When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.” — Max Lerner |
| “He who has a choice has trouble.” — Dutch proverb |
| “There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life’s point of no return.” — Dag Hammarskjold, 20th-century Swedish diplomat, U.N. Secretary General |
| “Life is the sum of your choices.” — Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning, 20th-century French "existentialist" novelist |
| “Liberty means responsibility. That’s why most men dread it.” — George Bernard Shaw, 19th/20th-century Anglo-Irish dramatist and wit “Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire.” — Epictetus, ancient Greek historian |
| “Freedom means choosing your burden.” — Hephzibah Menuhin |
| “In order to exist, man must rebel.” — Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning, 20th-century French "existentialist" novelist |
| "What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise." — Barbara Jordan, 20th-century congresswoman and professor |
| "A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society." — Thomas Jefferson, 18th-century American Founding Father, early 19th century U.S. president (letter to George Hammond, 1792) |
| "It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately." — Thomas Jefferson, 18th-century American Founding Father, early 19th-century U.S. president (letter to George Logan, 1816) |
| “Public virtue is a kind of ghost town into which anyone can move and declare himself sheriff." — Saul Bellow, Nobel Prize-winning 20th-century American author |
| "Americanism is a question of principles, of idealism, of character: it is not a matter of birthplace or creed or line of descent." — Theodore Roosevelt, 19th/20th-century American adventurer and politician, Nobel Prize-winning U.S. president |
| "If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity." — Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Roman orator, philosopher and statesman |
| "Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist, public philosopher and poet |
| "In a time of social fragmentation, vulgarity becomes a way of life. To be shocking becomes more important — and often more profitable — than to be civil or creative or truly original.’’ — Al Gore, 20th/21st-century American politician, vice president of the U.S. |
| “Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs, all moral creatures must depend on each other to exist.” — Hindu proverb |
| “Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts.” — Adlai Stevenson II, 20th-century American politician, presidential candidate |
| “We are all angels with only one wing. We can only fly while embracing each other.” — Luciano De Crescenzo |
| "What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven." — Friedrich Holderin |
| "Hell is other people." — Jean-Paul Sartre, 20th-century Nobel Prize-winning, French existentialist writer (from No Exit) |
| "Hell is ourselves." — Claude Levi-Strauss, 20th century French sociologist |
| "It is in the shelter of each other that people live." — Irish proverb |
| “Life is a place of service, and in that service one has to suffer a great deal that is hard to bear, but more often to experience a great deal of joy. But that joy can be real only if people look upon their lives as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.” — Count Leo Tolstoy, 19th-century Nobel Prize-winning Russian novelist |
| “But it was impossible to save the Great Republic. She was rotten to the heart. Lust of conquest had long ago done its work; trampling upon the helpless abroad had taught her, by a natural process, to endure with apathy the like at home; multitudes who had applauded the crushing of other people’s liberties, lived to suffer for their mistake in their own persons. The government was irrevocably in the hands of the prodigiously rich and their hangers-on; the suffrage was become a mere machine, which they used as they chose. There was no principle but commercialism, no patriotism but of the pocket.” — Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), 19th-century American humorist, author and journalist |
| "A clear conscience is usually the sign of bad memory." — Steven Wright, 20th-century comedian |
| "Conscience is God’s presence in man." — Emmanuel Swedenborg, 19th-century Swedish-American spiritualist |
| "Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses." — Immanuel Kant, 18th-century Prussian geographer and philosopher |
| "Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything." — Laurence Sterne, 18th-century English novelist |
| "Conscience is, in most, an anticipation of the opinion of others." — Sir Henry Taylor |
| "Most men sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds." — Logan Pearsall Smith |
| "A good conscience is a continual Christmas." — Benjamin Franklin, 18th-century American Founding Father, inventor and statesman |
| “Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.” — Josh Billings |
| “Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.” — Samuel Butler, 17th-century English poet |
| “The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest.” — William Dean Howells, 19th-century American journalist and novelist |
| “When your intelligence don't tell you something ain't right, your conscience gives you a tap you on the shoulder and says ‘Hold on.’ If it don't, you're a snake.” — Elvis Presley, 20th-century American celebrity singer |
| “There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.” — Sophocles, ancient Greek dramatist |
| "Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true." — William Inge |
| "Imagination is more important than knowledge." — Albert Einstein, 20th-century Swiss mathematician, physicist and public philosopher |
| "Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour germinates no more." — Henri Amiel |
| "It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." — Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince |
| "You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created." — Albert Einstein, 20th-century Swiss mathematician, physicist and public philosopher |
| "No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking." — Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, 18th-century French author, wit and philosopher |
| "Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things." — Noam Chomsky, 20th-century American linguist and political activist |
| "To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas." — Leo Burnett, 20th-century American advertising pioneer |
| “Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was given to us to console us for what we are.” — Mack McGinnis |
| "The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown." — Carl Jung, 20th-century Swiss founder of analytical psychology |
| "Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think." — Benjamin Disraeli, 19th-century British statesman and novelist |
| "Courage is the price life exacts for peace." — Amelia Earhart, 20th- century American aviator |
| "Courage is being scared to death — and saddling up anyway." — John Wayne, late 20th-century actor |
| "The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground." — Unknown |
| "Courage is like a muscle; it is strengthened by use." — Ruth Gordon |
| "No one reaches a high position without daring." — Syrus |
| "Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become." — Bishop Westcott |
| "The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear — fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants beyond everything else is safety." — H. L. Mencken, 20th-century American journalist and humorist |
| "I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him." — Eleanor Roosevelt, 20th-century American stateswoman, First Lady |
| "Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves let you do." — Bruce Crampton |
| "The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles." — Bernard M. Baruch, 20th-century American financier |
| "All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble." — William S. Halsey |
| "Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions." — Coventry Patmore |
| "It isn’t the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage." — Michael Josephson, late 20th-century American ethicist |
| "To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice." — Confucius, ancient Chinese sage |
| "One man with courage makes a majority." — Andrew Jackson, early 19th-century American military hero and U.S. president |
| "It is better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees." — Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning, 20th-century French "existentialist" novelist |
| "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once." — William Shakespeare, 16th-century English dramatist |
| "Cowardice. . . is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination." — Ernest Hemingway, 20th-century Nobel Prize-winning American novelist |
| "Courage easily finds its own eloquence." — Plautus |
| "Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear." — William Congreve, 17th/18th-century English dramatist |
| "The basest of all things is to be afraid." — William Faulkner, 20th-century Nobel Prize-winning American novelist |
| "In times of stress, be bold and valiant." — Horace, Roman poet |
| "Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen." — Pliny the Younger |
| "Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions.’" — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist, public philosopher and poet |
| “The world has no room for cowards.” — Robert Louis Stevenson, 19th-century English novelist and adventurer |
| “If you let fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.” — Katharine Butler Hathaway |
| “Proust has pointed out that the predisposition to love creates its own objects; is this not also true of fear?” — Elizabeth Bowen |
| “What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.” — Anonymous |
| "When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic." — George Orwell, 20th-century English journalist and novelist |
| "If we could be heroes, if just for one day." — David Bowie, 20th-century English pop music performer |
| "One must think like a hero merely to behave like a decent human being." — May Barton |
| "What worries you, masters you." — Haddon W. Robinson |
| “And each man stand with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can.” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 19th-century English poet |
| “Necessity makes even the timid brave.” — Sallust |
| "Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe." — Claude Cockburn |
| "The intention makes the crime." — Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher |
| “My, my, my! Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains. . . put it down, Joe.” — Humphrey Bogart, 20th century American actor (from “The Big Sleep”) |
| "He that’s cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater." — Thomas Fuller |
| "In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do." — Marquis de Sade, 18th-century French nobleman and novelist |
| "A regard for reputation and the judgment of the world may sometimes be felt where conscience is dormant." — Thomas Jefferson, 18th-century American Founding Father, early 19th-century U.S. president (letter to Edward Livingston, 1825) |
| "There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn." — Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning 20th-century French "existentialist" novelist |
| "A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car." — Kenneth Tynan, 20th-century English art historian and critic |
| "I criticize by creation, not by finding fault." — Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Roman orator, philosopher and statesman |
| "We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 19th-century American poet |
| “To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man’s character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.” — Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), 19th-century American humorist, author and journalist |
| "To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." — Theodore Roosevelt, 19th/20th century American adventurer and politician, Nobel Prize-winning U.S. president |
| "Don't worry that children never listen to you. Worry that they are always watching you." — Robert Fulghum, 20th-century American author |
| "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it." — Proverbs, 22:6 |
| "You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth." — Kahlil Gilbran |
| "Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain." — John Locke, 17th-century English philosopher |
| "The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults." — Peter de Vries |
| "But if you ask what is the good of education in general, the answer is easy: that education makes good men, and that good men act nobly." — Plato, ancient Greek philosopher |
| "Children need models rather than critics." — Joseph Joubert |
| "It takes a long time to grow young." — Pablo Picasso, 20th-century Spanish artist |
| "Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." — Gertrude Stein, 20th-century American writer |
| “Educate the heart. Let us have good men.'' — Hiram Powers |
| "It takes a whole village to raise a child." — Ashanti proverb |
| “The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.'' — Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher |
| “The question for the child is not ‘Do I want to be good?’ but ‘Whom do I want to be like?’ ” — Bruno Bettelheim, 20th -century German/American child psychologist, author |
| “Example has more followers than reason.” — Bovee |
| “Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.” — Gen. Omar N. Bradley, 20th-century American military figure |
| "If we are to reach real peace in this world . . . we shall have to begin with the children." — Mohandas Gandhi, 20th-century Indian nonviolent civil rights leader |
| "Imitation is a necessity of human nature." — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 19th/20th-century American jurist, Supreme Court justice |
| "Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere." — G.K. Chesterton, 19th-century English essayist and poet |
| "That which is beautiful is moral. That is all, nothing more." — Gustave Flaubert, 19th-century French novelist |
| "Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose." — Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th-century German philosopher |
| "Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike." — Oscar Wilde, 19th-century English wit and author |
| "The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings." — Albert Schweitzer, early 20th-century German Nobel Peace Prize-winning mission doctor and theologian |
| "In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so." — Immanuel Kant, 18th century Prussian geographer and philosopher |
| "The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying." — Thomas Henry Huxley |
| "Morality is stronger than tyrants." — Saint-Just |
| "Morality, when formal, devours." — Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning 20th-century French "existentialist" novelist |
| "A moral being is one who is capable of comparing his past and future actions or motives, and of approving or disapproving of them." — Charles Darwin |
| "Morality begins at the point of a gun." — Mao Tse-Tung, 20th-century revolutionary founder of modern China |
| “Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.” — Bertrand Russell, 20th-century British mathematician and philosopher |
| “The essence of morality is the subjugation of nature in obedience of social needs.” — John Morley, 19th-century British statesman |
| “Ethics is a code of values which guide our choices and actions and determine the purpose and course of our lives.” — Ayn Rand, 20th-century Russian/American novelist and philosopher |
| "There's a hole in the moral ozone and it's getting bigger.” — Michael Josephson, 20th/21st-century American ethicist |
| CHAMPIONS ARE MADE BY "CANS"...NEVER BY "CANT'S". |
| PRACTICE WILL NEVER MAKE YOU PERFECT....ONLY PERFECT PRACTICE WILL MAKE YOU PERFECT! |
| IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO FIGHT, YOU MUST PRACTICE FIGHTING SOMEONE WHO IS FIGHTING BACK! Burton Richardso |
| 'Knowledge is not power, the ability to apply your knowledge is true
power' Morne Swanepoel, President Jeet Kune Do Unlimited - South Africa |
| It is better to search ten years for one good instructor than to train for ten years under a bad one. |
| "The way is of acceptance, not of denial" |
| Fast is Fine But Accurate Is Final! |
| "An eye for an eye only leaves everyone blind" -Ghandi |
| "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. - Henry David Thoreau" |
| "Every obstacle is a stepping stone to your success." |
| What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail? |
| "Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling 5 balls in the
air. You name them - work, family, health, friends and spirit. You are
keeping them all in the air when you realize the work ball is a rubber
ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back up to you, but the other four
balls - family, health, friends and spirit - are made of glass. If you
drop one of these, they will irrevocably be scuffed, marked, nicked,
damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must
understand that and strive for balance in your life." Brian Dyson, CEO Coca Cola |
| We train in hopes of being of some use, however small our role may be, in the task of bringing peace to mankind around the world.—Morihei Ueshiba |
| Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.—Heraclitus |
| What we see, and like to see, is cure and change. But what we do see and do not want to see is care, the participation I the pain, solidarity in suffering, the sharing in the experience of brokenness. And still, cure without care is as dehumanizing as a gift given with a cold heart.—Henri Nouwen |
| "History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this
period of social transition was not the strident clamor of bad people, but
the appalling silence of the good people." Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| DearSir, I'm currently writing a book I may have told you about over lunch. It's the story of Louie Zamperini, now 85, a one-time juvenile delinquent who became a world class runner in high school, went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, and became the NCAA mile champion at USC in 1938 and 1939. When the 1940 Tokyo Olympics were canceled, he joined the Army Air Corp in the Pacific. His bomber went down on a rescue mission in 1943. Miraculously he survived and spent 47 days drifting 2000 miles across the ocean until he was captured by the Japanese, and imprisoned and tortured for two years. Again, he survived and came home a hero, only to lapese into alcoholism and anger. Four years later he found faith, returned to Japan and forgave his captors, then spent the rest of his life telling his story nationwide and working with wayward kids. I'm now writing the chapter where he wins his first NCAA mile. I thought you'd be interested in these paragraphs. --- "I never really set my heart on breaking any world record save for one: the National Collegiate mile. Bill Bonthron of Princeton had beat my hero, Glenn Cunningham, by inches, and broke the record in 4:08:08. I thought that someday I’d get the title back for Glenn and for me. I trained for it, too, but not in a way Coach Cromwell at USC would have approved of. In those days, you weren’t allowed to run uphill. This included running up stairways, like in the stands at the Coliseum which was the only “mountain” I could find around USC. The doctors insisted it would damage the heart; in reality it did the heart good. And the legs. I would climb the fence in the evenings and do the “agony run.” When I got to the top my legs burned with fire. Then I’d walk across a row, go down again, and up another stairway. I did that for a week after each normal workout. Here’s why. People say you have to have a positive attitude to win. It’s nice to have, though I often had a defeatist attitude before a race. But having a positive attitude has nothing to do with winning; it’s what you do to your body. Self-esteem doesn’t help you if you’re not in shape. David Rensin |
| A man was walking on a great journey when he came to a massive wall. He
tried to get over it, but couldn't. He tried to go around, but it was too
great. He tried to go under, but the ground was too hard. Finally, another
traveller came up to the wall. The first turned and said, "It is
impossible. I have tried everything to pass this wall and I have
failed." The second traveller looked at the wall and walked up to it.
He opened a door in it and walked through. "Perhaps you should try
the door." The most obvious answer is usually the right one. |
| Victory favors neither the righteous nor the wicked. It favors the prepared. |
| "When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." ~ William Arthur Ward |
| If there is a righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the
character. If there be beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there will be peace on earth. |
| When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying. |
| The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. |
| May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. |
| When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us. |
| Ambition without knowledge, is like a boat on dry land. |
| I must look within or I am without… |
| Black Belt is not a trophy for the gifted, but a mere reminder of the efforts it takes to get there. Travis Borneman |
| "To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than
luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable,
and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act
frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open
heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry
never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up
through the common. This is to be my symphony." William Henry Channing {1810-1884 American Writer} |
| " Technical ability begins with analytical thinking. Cultivate the habit of exactitude; for precise thinking is the prelude to precise action. A yearning to discover and understand, coupled with a strong work ethic almost guarantees extraordinary results." John Will |
| "The body, mind or spirit has to go through an initial period of discomfort until it adjusts to the new demand" copywright C.J. Doyle |
| Without the discipline of patience, becoming a true martial artists will never become real. |
| Don't judge his heart by the size of the man. Judge the man by the size of his heart. |
| "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. " - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut |
| A man who says he does not fear death is bluffing, A man who says he fears neither death nor life is truly fearless. Patrick Owens |
| Expect nothing, then you won't be disappointed... |
| If you constantly ask yourself "What if..." before trying something for the first time, you'll eventually start saying "I wish I had...." |
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The work you do at the Black Belt Training is not about what you know, being right about what you know, acquiring more knowledge, providing answers, or acquiring on-the-job skills; it's not about filling in the blanks of what you know you don't know. This work is about uncovering new possibilities-expanding the opportunities available to you by allowing you to think and act in innovative ways. This work is about what you don't know you don't know. |
| THE RECOGNITION OF DIFFERENCE… AND THE EFFORTS FOR RECOGNITION… WOULD BE INANE IF THE GREEN APPLE WAS TAKEN FROM THE RED BARREL AND PLACED BACK WITH THE GREEN … |
| IF YOU SHOOT FOR THE MOON AND COME UP SHORT YOU WILL STILL BE AMONG THE STARS..... |
| "True masters never give up the quest for knowledge... Students remain excited because teachers remain excited." Senior Master Instructor Will Maier |
| You are like a metal chain as you are only as good as your weakness like a metal chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. |
| Anger is a weapon only to your attacker... |
| Do not rush down the path to its end, for the end does not exist. Every path leads onto another, so enjoy the path you are on... |
| A wise man does not know everything only fools know everything. |
| It is not what you see or hear is the action what really matters at the right time. |
| Time = Gold, silence=silver , Knowledge= Invaluable |
| If you can't, you must. If you must you will. |
| "Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself." Leo Buscaglia |
| "One does not fall "in" or "out" of love. One grows in love." Leo Buscaglia |
| "In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest." -- Henry Miller, American author 1891-1980. The recent fall of the dot.com economy and its get-rich-quick mindset has given way to a more traditional way of doing business, where the "old ways" of gaining profits and servicing customers have returned. In the same way, there's a backlash against the get-a-blackbelt-quick mindset in the martial arts. The true value of the martial arts can't be discovered in a weekend seminar, or in a few months at a McDojo. You gain the real benefits only through hard training and dedication. Train hard! |
| Knowledge is not enough we must apply, Willing is not enough we must do. |
| Inspirational Quote of the Month: "He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions." - J.F. |
| Eleven Rules from Bill Gates' new book, "Business @ The Speed of
Thought": 1) Life is not fair; get used to it. 2) The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. 3) You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both. 4) If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure. 5) Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity. 6) If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. 7) Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try "delousing" the closet in your own room. 8) Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. 9) Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time. 10)Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. 11)Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. |
| "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and
probably they will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and
work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never
die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself
with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and daughters are
going to do things that would stagger us." Daniel Burnham, 1910 |
| I hate to approach anything from a negative point of view. But sometimes
it's necessary to speak bluntly. To discuss the negative in order to
understand the positive. The simple fact is...there are things that parents sometimes do that lower their child's self-esteem. The following are self-esteem killers. If a parent intended (heaven forbid!) to lower a child's self-esteem they would: 1. Compare one child with another, especially with siblings 2. Have super high standards; reward only high levels of progress 3. Yell -- a lot! 4. Assume their child really wants, needs, and deserves all of the freedom they are asking for Additionally, they would: 5. Let the child make lots of choices for themselves, especially when they are really young 6. Neglect to follow through; for example, Mom tells her daughter that a certain rule violation will result in certain consequences. Daughter commits the violation. Mom caves in, and doesn't enforce the consequences. 7. Set standards for the kids that Mom & Dad don't hold themselves to 8. When you catch children aspiring, caution them not to set their sights too high 9. Be frugal in spending time with your children And, finally, 10. Assume they will follow your words, rather than your example Of course, our job is to turn each of these awful statements into it's opposite. Building your child's self-esteem requires consistent effort. Be diligent, and enjoy the satisfaction of raising a Happy, Healthy, Confident child! |
| "It's easier to build a child than rebuild an adult !" Clark Walters |
| Reminders. Hey, champions don’t have to be TOLD what to do –just reminded… |
| Repetition is the mother of skil ... |
| I can always do better than what I think I can ... |
| It's not the bite of the snake that does damage, but the poison left behind ... |
| "What we see now is a dim image in the mirror. But then we will meet, Face to face."-Ghost in the Shell |
| " I can show you the door, but your the one who has to walk through it."-Morphius |
| "Where the master fails, the apprentice will succeed." -Rob Lee- |
| Karate is like a brick wall Your as only good as your foundation |
| Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out. |
| The thought is quick; the mind is calm; the body is light; the eye is clear; and the technique is intense. - Master Gigen Yamaguchi |
| The Picture of Peace There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace. The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell, in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest... perfect peace. Which picture do you think won the prize? The King chose the second picture. Do you know why? "Because," explained the King, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace. Author Unknown |
| "You can not shake hands with a clenched fist..." Indira Gandhi |
| "People who fight fire with fire with usually end up with ashes ..." Abigail Vanburen |
| The Adventurer's Creed My life is an adventure, and I relish every exciting moment of it...My life is a temporary gift; I will use it to the fullest and relinquish it with great sorrow...I am a unique, irreplaceable, priceless work of God, and since I am like no other, I will not be bound by the chains of conformity. Just as I cherish the right to live my life as an adventure, I will admire the right of others to do unconventional, adventurous things...My body needs sleep, but I enjoy each day so much that I surrender myself to it reluctantly and awake each morning refreshed and eager for new adventures...Because I recognize life is a temporary gift, I treasure time and organize it and manage it to the best of my ability...Because an adventure is that joyful experience that happens on the way to a destination, I will always have a purposeful direction for my life. But I will always attach more importance to the journey than to the end. |
| "Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest." Mark Twain |
| A father was reading Bible stories to his young son. He read, "the man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned to salt." His little son asked, "Well, what happened to the flea?" |
| 99 Ways to Say "Very Good" SUPER GOOD! Couldn't have done it better myself. You've got it made . You are a joy. SUPER! One more time and you'll have it. That's RIGHT! You really make my job fun. That's good. That's the right way to do it. You're really working hard today. You're getting better every day. You are very good at that. You did it that time! That's coming along nicely. You're on the right track now. GOOD WORK! Nice going. That's very much better! You haven't missed a thing. I'm happy to see you working like that. WOW! Exactly right. That's the way! I'm proud of the way you worked today. Keep up the good work. You are doing that much better today. TERRIFIC! You've just about got it. Nothing can stop you now. That's the best you have ever done. That's the way to do it. You're doing a good job! SENSATIONAL! THAT'S IT! You've got your brain in gear. Now you've got it figured out. That's better. That's quite an improvement. That was first class work. GREAT! EXCELLENT! I knew you could do it. That's the best ever. Congratulations! You've just about mastered that. You're making real progress. PERFECT! Keep working on it, you're improving. That's better than ever. Now you have it! Much better! You are learning fast. WONDERFUL! EXTRAORDINARY! You must have been practicing! You did that very well. Keep it up! FINE! Congratulations - You did it! Nice going. You did a lot of work today. You're really going to town. Well, look at you go! OUTSTANDING! I'm very proud of you. FANTASTIC! MARVELOUS! TREMENDOUS! I like that. That's how to handle that! Way to go! Now that's what I call a fine job. Now you have the hang of it. That's great. You're doing fine. Right on! Good thinking. You're really improving. You are really learning a lot. You're doing beautifully. Good going. Superb! I've never seen anyone do it better. Good remembering! You've got that down pat. It's such a pleasure to work with you! You certainly did well today! |
| There is no try, only do or do not. -Yoda, Star Wars. |
| Speak Slowly but, Think Quickly..... |
| Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.- Gandhi |
| "Though you pray at length I will not listen. Your hands are stained with crime. Wash yourselves clean; Put your evil doings away from my sight. Cease to do evil; Learn to do good. Devote yourselves to justice; Aid the wronged. Uphold the rights of the orphan; Defend the cause of the widow...." Isaiah 1:15-17 |
| Martial arts must become part you ,it must be an instinct, that is a step towards greatness. |
| "Woman who fly upside-down, have crack-up." Confusion |
| In life its not the destination that matters, but the distance traveled. - a student |
| "The only fear, is fear it's self."--Joshua Gallegos |
| Inquire Within Yourself |
| not knowing and asking may bring a moment of shame; not knowing and not asking will bring many years of shame. |
| In an age of scientific wonders, the human body is still the world's most dangerous machine.-Fatal Fury |
| "There is a difference in not knowing.......and not wanting to know."-anonymous |
| Honor is your sword - keep it untarnished and its edge will cut through your enemies as swiftly as the finest steel. |
| You must first look inside then you can see outside. neonpsyke |
| "Control the focus of your mind and you control your life" Jerry Trimble |
| Experience fears the vigor of youth, however youth fears the depth of experience. |
| No matter how big the wave you are riding on now is, you will still eventually have to paddle back out- |
| Thousand mile journey starts with one step |
| For fear to come into your mind, wisdom must get out to make room for it. - By Victor Ma |
| There are two roads that touch success. One is through determination and hard work, and one through luck. To take the first path you will get TO SUCCESS from failure, To take the second you will come FROM SUCCESS to failure. - By Victor Ma |
| Experience is the greatest weapon. - By Victor Ma. |
| There is this tough black belt in kung fu, and karate. He beats everybody in every tournament, and is comfortable with all the rules and is scared of nobody. There is this tough non martial arts guy born near a lot of street fights and get into fights a lot. The black belt finds himself on that street and gets into a fight with the tough non martial arts guy. Who wins? The tough non martial arts guy because the black belt was too busy getting scared of a real situation without rules, referees, and trying to tap out submitting the non trained guy. Remember not to let your ego get bigger than your learning experience. In a martial arts school when you are a black belt you should have eliminated fear.- By Victor Ma. |
| Just as it is the clear mirror that reflects without distortion, or the quiet valley that echoes a sound, so must one who would study Karate-do purge himself of selfish and evil thoughts, for only with a clear mind and conscience can he understand that which he receives. Master Gichin Funakoshi |
| There is no place in contemporary Karate-do for different schools. Some instructors, I know, claim to have invented new and unusual kata, ands they arrogate to themselves the right to be called founders of "schools". Indeed, I have heard myself and my colleagues referred to as the Shoto-kan school, but I strongly object to this attempt at classification. My belief is that all these "schools" should be amalgamated into one so that Karate-do may pursue and orderly and useful progress into man's future. Gichin Funakoshi. |
| Some young enthusiasts of karate believe that it can be learned only from instructors in a dojo, but such men are mere technicians, not true karateka. There is a Buddhist saying that "any place can be a dojo," and that is saying that anyone who wants to follow the way of karate must never forget. Karate-do is not only the acquisition of certain defensive skills but also the mastering of the arts of being a good and honest member of society. Master Gichin Funakoshi |
| Karate is like philosophy. Everybody has his own opinion. Who is right? Who is wrong? Nobody can say. Each and everyone must try to attain his/her goal and show that they have created something in their lifetimes. Mitsusuke Harada |
| To polish means to face yourself straight, to recognize your weaknesses, to eliminate them, and courageously step forward. This action, experience, and practice is the only way we can improve and free ourselves of our mental blocks, so that someday we will really be able to express our strongest, most beautiful energy on the Earth. Then we can happily leave the Earth. I hope everybody feels this way. Tsutomu Ohshima |
| Master Funakoshi felt that, rather than a great variety of kata, it is more important to take a limited number and practice them thoroughly and precisely. This way of thinking can be regarded as basic to the Shotokai. Motonobu Hironishi |
| The main thing is to keep pushing oneself, to keep striving to awaken, by whatever means one has chosen. The difference between the waking person and the person who is asleep is that the sleepwalker feels he already is awake; the awakened one is still striving , pushing, struggling to be awakened. Tom Muzila. |
| Most people stop themselves long before they get close to doing their best. They think 'Oh, I couldn't do that,' or 'Me? Run 30 miles? Oh, I could never do that. But they don't have any idea of their real limits, because they've never pushed themselves. Most people have never tested themselves to see how long they can go without food or sleep. So they set artificial limits. They're afraid of things that really wouldn't defeat them. They're ruled by fear, and their entire lives are inhibited that way. Tom Muzila. |
| In a basic or beginner's training session - just as in a marathon session - the most important objective is to get control of their concentration. Most people go through practice and training just stepping through their moves and all of this junk is going through their minds as they block, reverse punch and so forth. They're not in control of their mind - they're letting all of the external stimuli be in control. How you focus on and execute the most basic drills in the dojo is very important. Just as in long-distance sessions, you must focus and concentrate, and then really work hard on keeping that concentration. It sounds simple but it's actually very tough. Tom Muzila |
| A young boy asked his employer, a tired beaten man why he had to carry so many bags of rice. "Because you have to work." replied the old man while marking down the prices of his canned goods. "Why do we have to work?" "Because," replied the old man, "we have to support ourselves and our loved ones." said the old man as he patted his grandchildren on the head. "But why don't we just steal, we're gonna die anyway, so we just steal enough to live through this horrible life." The old man put down his pen and closed his eyes and told the boy with all the patience in the world,"Yes,it's true that everyone has to die. The noblest of all man and the scrum of earth...the difference is how you die...you can put it this way...we spend a hundred years working in life so we can past the last second on earth without any regrets." |
| Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities--that's training or instruction--but is rather a making visible what is hidden as a seed... To be educated, a person doesn't have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been exposed vulnerably to the transformative events of an engaged human life... One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated. ---Thomas Moore |
| Honor is your sword - keep it untarnished and it will cut through your enemies as swiftly as the finest steel. |
| Men will lie to you. Your eyes will deceive you. Steel never lies nor deceives nor hides bitter reality. In the sword, there is truth. |
| A dog at play has the mind of a wise martial arts master, a mind capable of perfect focus. Marc-Christophe |
| Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character for it becomes your destiny. |
| "there is a difference of knowing the path and walking it" - Morphius Matrix |
| The easiest way to get lost is when you think you know the Path!!! |
| To change with change, is the changeless state. Bruce Lee |
| Is it better not to be born? Or to live then die? Either way, your here now. So take advantage of it! |
| If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. |
| An old shaolin saying: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but i fear the man who has practiced 1 kick 10,000 times" |
| To punch is to kick. To kick is to punch. They are all a means to an end! |
| Shatter the image....and you will destroy the man!-From ENTER THE DRAGON |
| You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Raph Waldo Emerson |
| Martial arts is not all about forms, punching, kicking, blocking, and getting new belts. Martial arts is about getting in touch with you soul and trying to gain inner peace. Martial arts also helps you to become a better person. - THE MARTIAL ARTIST |
| "If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them." |
| Can't is something capable people say, to excuse themselves from trying. -Fitz |
| I will never leave you or forsake you. - God |
| Friends teach us what we want to know; enemies teach us what we need to know. - anonymous |
| If you only talk and never listen , you will go no were |
| if you only talk and never listen you will not go any where |
| On January 3rd, 2001 in my Little Zen Calendar a Japanese Proverb was quoted. I looked at it and immediately thought of you, so I pass it on. "Beginning is easy--continuing is hard." |
| There's harmony and inner peace to be found in following a moral compass that points in the same direction, regardless of fashion or trend. |
| We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting laundry. |
| We learn as much from sorrow as from joy, as much from illness as from health, from handicap as from advantage and indeed perhaps more. |
| Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs. |
| This is the true joy in life --being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. |
| There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. |
| Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. I was serving on the lead battleship and was on watch on the bridge as night fell. The visibility was poor with patchy fog, so the captain remained on the bridge keeping an eye on all activities. Shortly after dark, the lookout on the wing of the bridge reported, "Light, bearing on the starboard bow." "Is it steady or moving astern?" the captain called out. Lookout replied, "Steady, captain," which meant we were on a dangerous collision course with that ship. The captain then called to the signalman, "Signal that ship: We are on a collision course, advise you change course 20 degrees." Back came a signal, "Advisable for you to change course 20 degrees." The captain said, "Send, I'm a captain, change course 20 degrees." "I'm a seaman second class," came the reply. "You had better change course 20 degrees." By that time, the captain was furious. He spat out, "Send, I'm a battleship. Change course 20 degrees." Back came the flashing light, "I'm a lighthouse." We changed course. |
| The value of practice The following story demonstrates the sometimes-negative power of knowledge without practice: "Johnny did not see the need to practice hard; he was very bright and always understood quickly. He read the classics so that he could sound as eloquent as his teacher. Wanting to be knowing in all things, Johnny read a history book or two and was able to converse brilliantly about history. Johnny read an economics book or two and was able to speak knowingly about economics. Johnny read a few books about swimming...... and Johnny drowned." |
| The American "Dream" The American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied only a little while. The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs. The American then asked, but what do you do with the rest of your time? The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life, senor." The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats; eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC, where you will run your expanding enterprise." The Mexican fisherman asked, "But senor, how long will this all take?" To which the American replied, "15-20 years." But what then, senor? The American laughed and said that's the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions. Millions, senor? Then what? The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos." |
| The Picture of Peace There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace. The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell, in which lightening played.Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest... perfect peace. Which picture do you think won the prize? The King chose the second picture. Do you know why? "Because," explained the King, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace. Author Unknown |
| Lesson Number One A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it. Moral of the story is: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up. |
| Lesson Number Two A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was promptly spotted a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree. Moral of the story: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there. |
| Lesson Number Three A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him! The morals of this story are: 1) Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy. 2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend. 3) And when you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut |
| This is what The Dalai Lama has to say on the millennium. INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE 1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. 3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self Respect for others and Responsibility for all your actions 4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. 5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. 6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship. 7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. 8. Spend some time alone every day. 9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. 10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. 11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time. 12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. 13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past. 14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality. 15. Be gentle with the earth. 16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before. 17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. 18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. 19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon. |
| Courage is the art of knowing you're the only one who's scared to death. |
| "If you are ever forced to confront violence, you will have no choice as to the time of day (or night), the location, the environment, how many assailants there will be, if weapons will be involved, nor who will be with you at the time of its occurrence. You will simply have to respond to whatever set of circumstances present themselves. " |
| The great overseer dose not send us what we can not handle. But what we can handle we will greatly make a vast profit from. Rob Qualls |
| Never say die, for without this hope there is no life- By Sam |
| On Martial Arts and the Law - It is better to be tried by twelve than carried by six - Frank. |
| CONTENTMENT IS NOT TO BE FOUND IN HAVING WHAT YOU WANT BUT IN WANTING WHAT YOU HAVE UNKNOWN VIA TE-AT-SU INTERNATIONAL |
| The One who rows the boat, rarely has time to rock it.J.Anderson |
| The One who rows the boat, rarely has time to rock it.J.Anderson |
| Power Is Nothing Without Control- By Sam |
| Everything has an ending. Everything has a beginning. When the ending comes. Focus on the beginning. Michael Pitts |
| Courage is the hidden strength Of love which drives us to overcome our fears Michael Pitts |
| When I was a Child I Spoke as a child, Thought as a Child, I understood as a Child, but when I became a man I put away Childish Things (1Corinthians 13:11) |
| It is an act of cowardness not to speak out about Injustice – Confucius |
| Ju-Jitsu Trying to smash through a door that you think is locked but is not. Dan Glenn |
| Flow as if one with out and one with in....Such is the source. |
| Life is like a cup of tea. Even though it is half full or half empty it still taste like tea. By Quinn |
| To forgive others is to forgive ourselves. |
| In taking revenge, a man is equal to his enemy. In forgiving him, he is superior. |
| The faithful will walk through streams of fire and emerge unscathed - Obsidian Creed Acolyte (from subzerowoman@hotmail.com) |
| "Butterflies in the stomach before a fight are your body preparing. There is no shame in fear but honor in overcoming it. |
| Battles are not fought during the fight but inside yourself when you train. |
| "The past does not equal the future." Anthony Robins |
| "The Human Body is the only machine that wears out faster if not used" |
| JU JITSU: PEOPLE WHO IRON YOUR CLOTHES WHILE YOU ARE STILL WEARING THEM. |
| Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." - Frank Outlaw |
| Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're probably right. |
| We clutch the past so tightly to our chest that our arms are too full to embrace the present. |
| Good is the ultimate enemy of better. |
| Winning may not always be possible but winning the battle within yourself to keep on keeping on is victory in any stadium. |
| if you are going to walk on the ice, then you mightest well dance on it. |
| "What we do in life, echoes in eternity." Gladiator |
| "Most people know what to do, they just don't do what they know." Anthony Robbins |
| A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. |
| There is no cant, only cant yet - William Hutter |
| " Grow Old, Don't Just Become It ! |
| "There Are No Good Reasons, For Not Being One's Own Best Advocate." |
| True inspiration isn't knowing that your role in a movie made many people happy but it is knowing your trials and sufferings have inspired another to try harder, to never give up. - Francois Petit |
| I think our life is laid out when we are children, our wishes, our dreams, our make-believe or pretend time when we are a Superman or Wonderwoman. Those dreams influence us in adulthood and the challenge is whether or not we complete the dream or make it happen when we are adults. - Francois Petit |
| Lead us not into temptation, for we already know the way! |
| You haven't failed until you quit trying. |
| Find yourself first then you can find your place in your art. |
| Look beyond your fist and you will see your fate. |
| Success is like a turtle climbing a mountain, failure is like water falling down a hill. |
| Think positive and you can do anything. |
| "Don't concentrate on one style for to long or you will become dependent on it" |
| "Fear makes the wolf seem bigger than he really is." |
| "A wise man can imitate a clown, but a clown can not imitate a wise man." |
| If getting better is possible, good is not enough! |
| A violent man shall die a violent death! |
| "The Absence of Alternative is a Marvellous Clarifier " Oma Hendrikse |
| A true Martial Art instructor doesn't teach you how to fight, but how to die because when you fight as seeking to die you fight completely with out fear. Ross Schafer |
| A true Martial Arts instructor doesn't teach you how to fight, but they teach you how to die because when you fight as seeking to die then and only then do you fight completely with out fear. Ross Schafer |
| a wise man can not teach wisdom to a foul if the wise man is a foul him self. |
| "What one man can do, any man can do..." Damian Crowson |
| Japanese Proverb: "ichigo ichiye" Meet everyone as if it may be the last time you meet them. This proverb can mean: Always do your best. |
| "The Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world. There is evil and disorder in the world, because people have forgotten that all things emanate from one source. Return to that source and leave behind all self-centered thoughts, petty desires, and anger. Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything." -- Morihei Ueshiba (O Sensei). |
| Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido, thought of his art not only as physical education or combat training, but as a way of life that would spread peace throughout the world. Today, Ueshiba's aikido has been embraced by generations of practitioners, and has also introduced millions of newcomers to the martial arts. And, as we all know, the practice of the martial arts develops the mind and character as well as the body. A populace of sound mind and character is certainly conducive to world peace. That Ueshiba was on to something, wasn't he? |
| "Spirit first, technique second" (Gichin Funakoshi) |
| "You can accomplish anything if you put your mind to it". Joshua Gallegos |
| "The only person you have to prove yourself to is yourself". Joshua Gallegos |
| "Don't say you can't.IT's ether you won't or you will". Joshua Gallegos |
| "Nothing is impossible. Improbable, notlikley, but never impossible." Joshua Gallegos |
| "With Aikido, you have to unlearn first. That is why it is so hard. You are learning something tat is very, very sophisticated. It is something that warriors after hundreds and hundreds of years of dedicated endeavors, of life and death situations, have finally figured out that there is a point of least resistance, and that there is something that works beyond strength...physical strength. It is "Ki", it`s attitude and it`s adept movements that seem to go beyond force, and that a lot of times using strength is completely secondary to learning a way. A kind of moving without resistance, a non-resistant movement, a relaxed movement. So you have to unlearn first in order to learn. It does take longer." |
| "If you don't demand a real situation, a real atmosphere in your dojo, where people are able to go hard, and they do go hard, then your practice becomes, in my opinion ineffective." |
| "Some people will learn certain things in six months, and other people will take six years. There's no way that this can be any other level other than an individual level. It is very personal." |
| "When you are able to practice it in a high enough level, you can`t get into something that is more. No holds barred. In other words, you don't have to restrain yourself from going into the things that are more dangerous. It's real in the sense that no matter how much a beginner you are on the mats, if you do the wrong thing, you're going to get hurt." |
| "The benefits that one should reap in the martial arts have nothing to do with the color of a belt, they have to do with developing spiritual awareness, developing mental and emotional calm and strength and developing physical health and things like that." |
| "Aikido is based on Love, yes it is based on Harmony, yes it is based on Oneness, and it is based on not having an enemy. Even if somebody comes to try to cut my throat right now in my opinion, they're not necessarily my enemy, because I have what we call mushin. When somebody attacks me I don`t think about, I`m going to get him, I`m going to do this. It`s just a state of mind, a haert without emotion, a mind without emotion that I have, and the only thing I`d do is react to terminationg the situation to the bet of my ability." |
| "O`Sensei said that the basics should never change. O`Sensei always talked about shinken shobu, or fighting to the death, or at least with that feling. So that if somebody lives, fine, and if somebody dies, that`s too bad, either way. It`s that seriousness of life or death that s lacking with many people and they end up making it a play. Aikido is not a play. I used to hear stories of O`Sensei. People were trying to kill him constantly. Many times he was faced with death. Many times people tried to kill him. They didn`t try to punch him. they didn`t try to throw dirt in his face, they tried to kill him. You know there`s a difference. And thats why O`Sensei`s Aikido worked." |
| "The different between a real fight and sparring on the mat is the difference between swimming in the ocean and swimming on the mat." |
| Just before she died, Gertrude Stein asked: “What is the answer?” No answer came. She laughed and said: “In that case what is the question?” Then she died. |
| Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. Pablo Picasso |
| Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. Krishnamurti |
| The more you know the less you understand. Tao Te Ching |
| If you direct your mind toward the bodily movements of your opponent, your mind will be taken by the bodily movements of your opponent. If you direct your mind toward your opponent’s sword, it will be taken by the sword. If you direct your mind toward tying to strike your opponent, it will be taken by waiting to strike. If you direct your mind toward your own sword, it will be taken by your sword. If you direct it toward not being struck, it will be taken by it will be taken by the desire not to b struck. If you direct it toward your opponent’s attitude. In short, there is nowhere to direct your mind. Takuan |
| Two monks were arguing about the temple flag waving in the wind. One said, “The flag moves.” They argued back and forth but could not agree. Hui-neng, the SixthPatriarch, said: “Gentelmen! It is not the flag that moves. It is not the wind that moves. It is your mind that moves.” The two monks were struck with awe. Zen koan |
| Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave you work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. Kahlil Gibran |
| Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. Shunryu Suzuki |
| When I dance, I dance, when I sleep, I sleep; yes, and when I walk alone in a beautiful orchard, if my thoughts drift to far-off matters for some part of the time, for some other part I lead them back again to the walk, the orchard, to the sweetness of this solitude, to myself. Montaigne |
| A monk brought two potted pants to his master. “Drop it,” ordered the Master. The monk dropped one pot. “Drop it,” again ordered the Master. The monk let the second pot go. “Drop it,” now roared the Master. The monk stammered: “But I have nothing to drop.” The Master nodded. “Then take it away.” Zen parable |
| When a fish swims, it swims on and on, and there is no end to the water. When a bird flies, it flies on and on and there is no end to the sky. There was never a fish that swam out of the sky. When they need a little water or sky, they use a lot. Thus they use all of it at every moment, and in every place they have perfect freedom. Dogen |
| Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 6:28-29 |
| Each portion of matter may be conceived of as a garden full of plants, and as a pond full of fishes. But each branch of the plant, each member of the animal, each drop of its humors, is also such a garden or such a pond. Leibniz |
| The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. --Thomas Jefferson |
| I like business because it is competitive, because it rewards deeds rather |
| I like business because it is competitive, because it rewards deeds rather than words. I like business because it compels earnestness and does not permit me to neglect today's task while thinking about tomorrow. I like business because it undertakes to please, not reform; because it is honestly selfish, thereby avoiding hypocrisy and sentimentality. I like business because it promptly penalizes mistakes, shiftlessness and inefficiency, while rewarding well those who give it the best they have in them. Lastly, I like business because each day is a fresh adventure. |
| Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day. It's the mood and the purpose at the inception of each day that are the important facts in charting your course for the day. We can always square away for a fresh start, no matter what the past has been. It's today that is the paramount problem always. Yesterday is but history. |
| If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people... |
| "Do NOT look where you fell, but where you slipped..." |
| "Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness..." |
| The same thing that makes you laugh, will make you cry |
| Decide to construct your life through excellence. *Ford-Karate |
| Do what you said, Don't say what you did. |
| Being to careful is not good and being to careless is no good either. The best way is to have a balance of both. Just like the ying and yang symbol. BE BALANCED. -THE FIGHTER. |
| Being to careful is bad and being to careless is also no good. The best way to be, is to be balanced, just like the Ying an Yang symbol. BE BALANCED. -THE FIGHTER |
| Combine the body, mind and soul and it will be stronger than any man's fist. -THE FIGHTER |
| I'll tell you tomorrow why I didn't do the things I was supposed to do,yesterday.In other words plan ahead.DON'T BE LAZY. -THE FIGHTER'S FRIEND |
| "I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself" (Bruce Lee) |
| A prideful man, no matter how strong, is easily made weak once his pride is broken. He is reduced from a raging lion to a small cub. In his own mind, he has already defeated himself. That is why the greatest warrior is humble and has no pride. He respecets his stregenth by learning to use it effectivly, and at the same time is not afraid to be weak. He has everything to gain and nothing to loose. An opponent such as this is a marvel to behold and a nightmare to contend with. Sage Ronin |
| "Heroes are just ordinary men, who do extraordinary things in extraordinary times" |
| a man who conquers others is strong. a man who conquers himself is mighty.-ken |
| AT THEINSTANT A WARRIOR CONFRONTS A FOE, ALL THINGS COME INTO FOCUS MORIHEI UESHIBA |
| Do something each day that you would rather not do so that in your moment of dire need you will stand the test |
| do that which you least enjoy first and look forward to the rest of the day |
| Readers are not necessarily leaders, but all leaders are readers.AMA |
| Anything you can conceive and believe you can achieve! CNB |
| Peace and Harmony comes from within, Sifu Raymond Teaster |
| There are times where you must fight to live; but you should never live to fight. -the blind one |
| "At your side one thousand people may die, or even ten thousand right beside you, but you will not be hurt." Psalm 91:7 |
| Your ego is the only enemy you have.-mm |
| The best way to predict the future is to invent it! GRB |
| The secret to getting ahead is getting started. GRB |
| If your opponent is in range, so are you. King of Battle |
| Failure is just a word. |
| Should you feel down, their will always be in up where you least expect it. |
| Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. |
| It is no disgrace to lose if one has truly sought to win- Sage Ronin |
| If you plant rice, rice grows, if you plant fear, fear grows-Sage Ronin |
| In the course of achieving anything, nothing is more important than persistence. |
| It takes courage to live life fully. |
| If you run from things that scare you, you'll be running all of your life. |
| Perfection is not an Accident. |
| A journey of a thousand miles should begin with an itinerary...THEN a step. No one should go anywhere if they don't know where they're going. |
| Life can be a conflict, but not a competition. It is not important to win, you must simply not lose. |
| perfect concentration and application-'be focused' its simplicity is its complication but he who achieves control of his owns minds thoughts breaks all limits!-leigh mc closkey. |
| Life is worth living.....when God is in charge. Mahsealyah |
| " To learn only the physical aspects of any martial art is to learn half of something. To learn only half of anything is to master nothing." - Master S.P. Lapre, |
| It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis. --Margaret Bonnano |
| Don’t expect perfect products unless you are willing to pay for perfection. --Robert Siegmeister |
| Consider the postage stamp: Its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. --Josh Billings |
| Failures are divided into two classes----those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. --John Charles Salak |
| When you have nothing to say, say nothing. --Charles Caleb Colton |
| There are two kinds of light—the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. --James Thurber |
| " The rules of life are simple, if you want to be a good student of martial art, what ever one, then it is as simple as the more hours you spend the greater you become, in time almost anything is achievable, keep your training simple, express from your heart and mind in all your training, believe in yourself and your full potential, a endless journey starts from a beginning." Gvain Noonan, England |
| Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. Seize the moment, take hold of your potential and create your amazing life. |
| He who laughs last, thinks slowest. Don't forget to have some fun in life! |
| Make living your burden, not your past. Less stress shall lead you to success. -Khaliq |
| The art of learning is to conceal learning. |
| The most ordinary lives are extraordinary- not because of what we are given, but because of what we make of ourselves. |
| The sound of one hand clapping??? WHUMP!!!!! When it claps you upside the head. --Dave |
| life is an educator and we are in a constant state of learning-Bruce Lee |
| nobody can stop you from succeeding, so long as doubt and fear is out of your mind. |
| "I do not fear the 10,000 different kicks you have practiced once, I fear the one kick you have practiced 10,000 times." |
| Always be ready and standing tall just like a strong thick concrete wall. - Pinal Patel |
| Light always returns to those wise enough to wait for it - Dawn of the Righteous Shadowfist card |
| Light always returns to shine upon those wise enough to wait for - Dawn of the Righteous Shadowfist card |
| Sometimes you must embrace the darkness before you see the light-Legend of the Five Rings |
| avoid rather than check, check rather than hurt, hurt rather than maim, maim rather than kill. james,shaolin do kungfu |
| pre planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance. also it is better to have tried and failed than failed to have tried. you may have the latest kit and equipment but it wont make you the best from s.bryce london |
| If you don't think you can defeat your opponent because your short, just remember, paper cuts hurt too. Kyle Miller |
| You can't change people with your fists. Kyle Miller (Bruse Lee Movie) |
| "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." Albert Einstein |
| Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole body and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person |
| "FEAR" is only a four letter word; but Martial Arts is more than a hobby, It's a LIFE STYLE!! |
| o verdadeiro shaolin é perito em varias artes -luta-plantas medicinais-arte- se um verdadeiro shaolin e aprende a ler PORTUGUES - FILIPE EMANUEL BARROSO FERNANDES - PORTUGAL |
| Talent is God's gift to you, what you do with it is your gift back to Him. |
| Fear no one except yourself, your own fear, pride and anger can defeat more easily than 10 of your enemy. |
| You are not truly living unless you are moving forward, so you move forward, one step at a time, but always forward. |
| There are two kinds of students: One who is dedicated and motivated and wants to learn the Martial Arts; the other only wants to say that he is a black belt. There are much more of the latter than the former. The latter are “worthless individuals”. -Hohan Soken, Matsusoken Karate Jutsu, 1978 |
| Martial Arts is like a science. Science is seeking the truth. Martial Arts helps you to find truth in yourself, to make you a better person. -Richard Kim, O’Sensei, Butoku-Kai Karate |
| Once in a while, you've got to roll the potato. |
| The martial artist mind should work as a parachute,... it works best when opened!! |
| Definition of Insanity is- Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. |
| Their are no great people, only those who have what it takes when the time comes, they also posses the courage to push themselves past there own limits to triumph. |
| Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known. - Garrison Keillor |
| "The Teacher hasn't Taught until the Student has Learned!" |
| "If the Student Truly Desires to Learn, then there is no such thing as a Bad Student, only Bad Teachers!" |
| "Maximum Efficiency, Minimum Effort" |
| Too much of ANYTHING can't be good -- Belle |
| History repeats itself, which is good since most people don't pay much attention the first time -- Belle |
| A man who says it cant be done should not stop that one who is already doing it. |
| There are three kids of persons; there are those who make things happen; there are those who see things happen & there are those who arrive & ask, what happened here? |
| To be able in moving the effect of another's intention with the acceptance of his will is great. To uplift the will of another's intention through the guidance of your own will is greater. Chicko,Fudoshin Aikido Dojo Sydney, au. |
| Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know. |
| knowing others is wisdom, knowing the self is enlightenment |
| The more you know, the more you know you don't know - Everett L. Perry |
| A honest man has nothing to hide. |
| A woman does not practice martial arts so that she can fight like a man. She does so in order to be free to be a woman. |
| Cheap things are of no value, valuable things are not cheap? |
| "I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than be a success at something I hate." George Burns |
| Learn from the mistakes of others, you don't have time to make them all yourself. |
| Don't fill your life with years, fill your years with life! |
| All decisions we make in life are no different than shopping. All you have to do is make sure you can pay the price. Sergio Ross |
| Teaching is an act of generosity more than anything else. If you are not generous enough to share what you know with others, don't call yourself a teacher. Sergio Ross |
| Don't expect a lie to last forever. |
| A master who doesn't live his art with truth spits in its eyes every day. |
| The fact that you are smart doesn't mean that the others are stupid. |
| Never take for granted what you did is forgiven. Especially if you didn't apologies. |
| Live up to your dreams. They aren't bigger than you. You deserve each other. |
| It is important to be nice, but it's more nice to be important. Ying. |
| Never Quit, Never Give Up, Never Ever Surrender and You will Never fail. Gordon Dixon |
| There are three outcomes to a fight: 1.)We both walk away, we both win 2.) I walk away, he does not. He loses! 3.) Neither of us walks away, we both lose. Sensei Mike Tobin |
| Disturb the bee, wake up a dragon.. |
| For in God all things are possible. |
| Man who go to bed with itchy butt wake up with smelly fingers...Confusion |
| A grudge held is a fight started, a fight started is a fight lost - By Victor Ma |
| The dark in the light, the truth in the lie, the jewel in the lotus. |
| The Threefold Rule: Whatever you do returns to you times three. |
| Only fools are positive. Are you sure? I'm positive. |
| Heredity is our potential, but environment is our opportunity. -Walter Anderson |
| A problem is a challenge and a mistake is a learning experience. |
| At the feast of ego, everyone leaves hungry. |
| Wisdom and virtue are like two wheels of a cart. - Japanese proverb |
| To handle yourself, use your head. To handle others, use your heart. |
| Cut all sources of retreat. - Napoleon Hill |
| There are no failures, only ineffective solutions. |
| We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. -Japanese proverb |
| If a man longs for clarity, he will be confused. If he whores after signal, he shall have only noise. |
| The self must cease for everything to be... waterman |
| If man look for revenge with karate, best he start digging two graves. - The karate kid (movie) |
| You show good fight, win, lose, no matter, you get respect. - The Karate Kid(movie) |
| Don't turn your back on the Rattlesnake. |
| When you're down in a fight what do you think of? It doesn't matter!!! |
| In The journey of life...get a map! |
| This is a good one ... I can not give you the formula for success but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: "Try to please everybody." |
| The greatest of men, are the most alone. Without suffering no wisdom can be achieved |
| Change prefers the prepared one. |
| Expect the best. Prepare for the worst, and be prepared to be surprised.- Mstr. Frank Monea |
| Without struggle there is no progress-Fredrick Douglass |
| Silence cannot be misquoted. |
| You will always remember what you teach. |
| All men fall. The great ones get back up. |
| Success is not to be attained alone. - Gichin Funakoshi |
| Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation. |
| Every person knows something that you don't. Learn from them. |
| Never forget small kindnesses; never remember small faults. |
| A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action. - Samurai maxim |
| Tomorrows battle is won during today's practice. - Samurai maxim |
| One technique mastered is better than one hundred sampled. |
| A good instructor makes himself increasingly unnecessary. |
| It is not the desire to kill that makes one a warrior, but rather the ability to do so when there is no other option. |
| Life isn't about winning every battle; it's about winning the ones that count. - Jackie Chan |
| He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot |
| Japanese proverb: Fall seven times, stand up eight. |
| Pain is temporary. |
| If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. |
| Remember: anger is just one letter short of danger. |
| Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off of the goal. |
| The extra mile is the stretch of road that is never crowded. |
| Attitudes are contagious - is yours worth catching? |
| Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses... he who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master to himself in any situation. Gichin Funakoshi |
| Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. - African proverb |
| Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can. - Thomas Carlisle |
| Deeds, not stones are the true monuments of the great. - John L. Motley |
| Time wasted is existence; time used is life. - Young |
| Give another what he cannot find anywhere else, and he will keep returning. |
| Your intentions make absolutely no difference, the results you get do! We judge ourselves by our intentions, the world will judge us for what we actually do. |
| When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. |
| "The object of war is not to die for your country but to get the other bast*** to die for his." -Paton |
| "Women are to be loved, not understood." |
| IF A TREE FALLS IN THE WOODS IT CAN NOT BE HEARD IF THERES NO ONE TO HEAR IT |
| There are two kinds of people in the world Heroes and Legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die |
| YOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOU PRACTICE. SELF-MASTER |
| THEIR IS NO PERSERVERANCE WITHOUT FIRST ENDURANCE. TASTEE DOG HANDSOME |
| Never try to make things go faster than they can, because you can only eat an elephant one bite at a time. |
| Living is the struggle to make yourself better than what you are right now and not thinking that you already know everything. |
| To face an opponent that is stronger than you must get rid of all doubt and never say "I CAN'T" because if you do, your opponent has had to do nothing to defeat you, you already did it for him. |
| A fool only lives once, a great man lives forever. (Chris Ritter) |
| Strong SPIRIT; Strong MIND; Stong BODY; This is a way of life. ~J.Thomas~ |
| there is no substitute for victory |
| You only pass this way once. Show the bastards something! - Philip McCoy |
| The ultimate human freedom is the ability to choose one's attitude in any circumstance. V. Frankl |
| If you think you can or you think you can't...your right! |
| When confronted with a world of darkness think of the ability of a single candle to dispel a room of darkness. G-d's candle is the soul of man. Our job is to make this dark world a residence for G-d by doing good. Don't get discouraged and give up. Think of the advantage light has over darkness. |
| Pain is weakness leaving the body. |
| never blink your eyes. it can be fatal. |
| "Try Not...DO or DO NOT...There is no try..." ~Yoda (Starwars) |
| "Train Hard and DO NOT be intimidated by anyone." |
| Don't ever turn your back to your opponent -wella badilles |
| The 7 Obstacles to overcome: 1-ignorance 2-impatience 3-confusion 4-procrastination 5-anger 6-fear 7-doubt |
| "Two tigers fight, one is killed and the other is wounded" - Saying Hanging on the wall of Tracy's Studio in North Royalton, Ohio |
| MARTIAL ARTS ARE LIKE A DIAMANDS. SO KEEP CLEANING AND RUBBING YOUR DIAMAND ,ALL THE TIME. SENSEI A. V. |
| "Strive and thrive will keep you alive." -Sensei Phillips |
| Do not choose martial art by it's power, strength, but choose what you think it fits you, and if you could master it without giving up. |
| "I'll have plenty of time to rest when I'm six feet under." (Tom Robinson) |
| "Avoid, Rather Than Check, Check, Rather than Hurt, Hurt, Rather than Maim, Maim, Rather than Kill. For All Life Is of Value and No One Can Take it Away." -Kung Fu Adage |
| Do not fear the man that practiced one thousand kicks once, fear the man who practiced one kick one thousand times. AKUMA |
| You are and have what you want to be and own.- bern kaoboy1@aol.com |
| Extra ordinary abilities can only come from extra ordinary efforts - zasdafe |
| Vision without action is but a daydream, but action without vision is a nightmare - unknown |
| Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. Morihei Ueshiba founder of Aikido |
| Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. Morihei Ueshiba founder of Aikido |
| Train Hard....Fight Easy. (unknown) |
| in real life things are never what they seem, but in the mind, anything is as real as you want it to be. |
| if you except great things you'll never have them but if you want great things you'll have no problems. jlc |
| in the faces of humanity the solemn cries of hope ring clear but, on the inside they are just guts and bone and muscle all alike. jlc |
| "Budo is not a means of felling the opponent by force or by lethal weapons. Neither is it intended to lead the world to destruction by arms and other illegitimate means. True Budo calls for bringing the inner energy of the Universe in order, protecting the peace of the world and molding, as well as preserving, everything in nature in its right form. Training in Budo is tantamount to strengthening, within my body and soul, the love of Kami, the deity who begets, preserves and nurtures everything in nature." --Grandmaster Morihei Ueshiba |
| Blocks don't kick back! Bruce lee |
| Never underestimate your opponent. Kurt Arrowitz |
| It's not who's right, but who's left that counts |
| "The unfolding of all phenomenon are a manifestation of the miraculous activity of the divine." -Steven Seagal |
| Breach the walls of tradition and authority. Free yourself from the conditioning that oppresses your mind - Krishnamurti |
| "He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions." - J.F. Clarke |
| "The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring, surviving, and prevailing over all that would destroy him. More than delivering strikes and slashes, and deeper insignificance than the simple outwitting of an enemy. Ninpo is the way of attaining that which we need while making the world a better place. The skill of the Ninja is the art of winning." Takamatsu Toshitsugu |
| It’s New Years Day and Dad and the boys are watching the game while Grandma knits on the porch and Mom is showing the daughter the secrets of the kitchen. The daughter notices that Mom cuts the ends off the ham before putting it in the oven and asks “Why do you cut the ends off the ham?” Mom replies that was the way she has always prepared ham and that was the way her Mom taught her. If she wants to know why, go ask Grandma. So she does. Grandma replies that she really doesn’t know. That was how she was taught by her Mom. So they all gather around the phone and placed a call to the old country to wish Great Grandma a happy New Year and ask her why do they cut the ends of the ham? Great Grandma answers that the reason she cut the ends off was that her oven was too small and that was the only way the ham would fit................ As professional educators and teachers, too many of us continue to cut the ends off the ham simply because that was the way we were taught. |
| Johnny did not see the need to practice hard; he was very bright and always understood quickly. He read the Classics so that he could sound as eloquent as his teacher. Wanting to be knowing in all things, Johnny read a history book or two and was able to converse brilliantly about history. Johnny read an economics book or two and was able to speak knowingly about economics. Johnny read a few books about swimming...... and Johnny drowned. |
| "Life is a set of purposely planned coincidences.." JAson AnG |
| the master is he who practices his technique for as long as he can remember, only to forget what it is he has been practising. jaSon AnG. |
| There's birth and there's Death; do something in between. |
| We have the opportunity to choose who our children's parents will be. |
| What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. |
| The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of the people in his or her organization is going to blow the competition away. |
| I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. Mahatma Gandhi |
| If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. |
| "You can't take a man and teach him to be hard and rigid, when he must flow like a stream." Dr. Moses Powell |
| "Fear nothing; but Respect everything". - taotkd |
| Predators will never hunt predators, but they will always hunt prey. -Ryan Danks |
| To remain a Master, one must always be a Student. Daryl Covington |
| If it works for you, use it. If it doesn't, loose it. |
| "There is more to life than increasing its speed" - Mahatma Gandhi |
| When your opponent still stands up after you kicked him, ... kick harder |
| when your opponent still stands after you kicked him, ... kick harder (email: zweef@hotmail.com) |
| "If you just only do what you can - you only will be what you are! Marcel Ganze from Germany (eMail: mgBUDO@aol.com) |
| "A poor performance in the audience of students leaves more of an impression than an excellent performance in the audience of masters." Michael Boyce (members.aol.com/montablo/univer.htm) |
| "The Belt Doesn't Make The Man, The Man Makes the Belt." The late Jiu Jitsu & Karate Pioneer from New York Grand Master Pete Siringano Sr. on the subject of the Black Belt. |
| Black Belt-- A white belt that never quit! |
| style dogma denies you the ability to question and the right to change and evolve, be true to yourself first and foremost. paul regan 4th dan Cho-ja UK |
| re. style dogma : ' if you look at a situation from within your established way of thinking, no amount of will power will take you to a new way of thinking. You draw the boundary, work within that boundary and inevitably your answer will lie within that boundary...' paul regan 4th dan cho-ja UK |
| "Expect the unexpected from your opponent while you fight" Faiz Ahmed. |
| "Power is created in the mind, Rooted in the feet, developed in the legs, directed by the hips, transferred through the torso, focused in the feet or hands and felt in the spirit." ---- C. J. Doyle (www.dojoworld.com) |
| the grasshopper scurvies buy SPEED AND FOCUS and so must a true martial artist and almost everybody in everyday life submitted buy feassco |
| The early bird catches the worm, but the late bird eats it....(by:P.R.) |
| Ignore it and it will go away!! |
| "you cant reach the top unless you start climbing" Alan Kilpatrick. |
| YOUR mind is YOUR sharpest weapon! (the Mole) |
| He who wants to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.--Samuel Johnson |
| If you think martial training is expensive, try ignorance... |
| Goals are dreams with deadlines! |
| "A fight is not usually won with one punch or kick; you must learn your best options and train them...or hire yourself a bodyguard and lead a less aggressive life." - BRUCE LEE |
| A distraction is only a distraction if you pay attention to it. |
| It was a warm Monday morning in Austin, Texas. Mother Theresa was sitting by the window writing in her journal. One of her co-workers rushed in the room. “Guess what? The people of Austin have put together a rally against violence in your honor. They are expecting you downstairs.” She said. Mother Theresa looked out the window and noticed the crowd. “Tell those people that I will not join them. However when they have a rally for peace, they can count on me.” |
| The term “martial Arts” is thrown around a lot without any idea of its meaning. “Martial” means “war” or “conflict”. In a martial arts dojo we train for conflict there is no “martial” in martial art. Fear, to be overcome, must be confronted and experienced. Fear, to be overcome, must be confronted and experienced. Fear must become part of your life experience. Appreciation of fear and the appropriate reaction when confronting fear is the sign of a mature martial artist. Are not your dojo mates and teacher the ones that you should ultimately trust when learning to confront your fears? In real dojo, they are. |
| Remember that most people who call themselves martial artists are nothing of the sort. Most dojo are not martial arts dojos either. They are glorified social clubs thriving in an environment of emotional stimulation which is heightened by a false or extremely limited perception of danger. When real danger shows itself in such a dojo, the participants run for cover. In a real dojo the participants run towards the conflict. |
| "There are things that are known and things that are unknown; in between are doors..." |
| “ A true pacifist is able to kill or maim in the blink of an eye, but at the moment of impending destruction of the enemy he chooses non-violence.” Yukiyoshi Takamura |
| When a ordinary man finds knowledge he becomes a sage, when he understands this knowledge he becomes an ordinary man. |
| There is no RIGHT way in doing a wrong thing... |
| Most INSTRUCTORS I know have an attitude as they are a hammer, so they tend to treat everyone as a nail. I have met a few TEACHERS who treat everyone as equal. That, my friends, is the difference between the two... |
| I would rather go through life wanting something I do not have, rather than having something I do not want. |
| knowing is not enough you must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. maggie reyes |
| When the going gets tough, the tough get going! |
| The difference between "involvement" and "commitment" is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was "involved" -the pig was "committed". |
| Over the long run, superior performance depends on superior learning. |
| When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty- one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. |
| The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of. |
| Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. |
| There is a close connection between getting up in the world and getting up in the morning. |
| Today, I understand martial arts. So, today I stop preaching it. I understand now! |
| "Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway." Mary Kay Ash |
| "He who really wants to do something finds a way; the other man finds an excuse." |
| "We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate." Eric Hoffer |
| "Even if you are on the right track, you'll run over if you just sit there!" Will Rogers |
| "After 3 days without reading, talk becomes flavorless." Chinese Proverb |
| They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and those who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.--Confucius |
| Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of joy, you must have somebody to share it with. |
| The amateur salesperson sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems.--Stephen R. Covey |
| To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.--Josh Jenkins |
| "There are two ways to spread the light: ........ One is to be the candle, the other, is to be the mirror .....that reflects it". |
| Children are a great deal more apt to follow your LEAD; than the way you point. |
| Whatever you teach a child, it may not be digested completely until they leave the classroom. |
| The object of teaching a child is to enable them to get along without their teacher. |
| If you have one eye on the destination then you only have one eye to find the way. |
| " If you don't think every day is a great day, try going without one." |
| In defensive tactics it is not a matter of matching your strength and power against the strength and power of your opponent but, rather, the direction of all your strength and power toward your opponent's weakness. --Defensive Tactics FBI Training |
| First learn to become invincible, then wait for your enemy's moment of vulnerability. --Sun Tzu |
| It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog that counts. |
| The object of true Karate is the perfection of oneself through the perfection of the art |
| It is when the student approaches black belt that the serious student discovers that he has only just begun his study of Karate |
| Be like water:- It is the softest substance in the world. It can fit into any container. Although seemingly weak, it can penetrate the hardest substance in the world |
| "talent is gods giving, be thankful. famous is mans giving, be humble" |
| "NEVER START IF YOU CAN'T FINISH"BY TARIQ AHMED |
| "Even if your on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." Will Rogers |
| One chance - one encounter or right here and this instant... make up your mind and then actualize your decision with action. Be responsible for the action and learn from the outcome. Don't hesitate! |
| Today is the first day of the rest of my life... |
| " It is better to build children than repair adults." |
| " You can pay people to teach, But you can't pay them to care." |
| " The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values." |
| " The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." |
| " Life can take you as high as you want to go, But you must decide the altitude." |
| " Life is like an education. You have to have one to have the other." |
| " When you meet anyone, remember its a holy encounter. As you see him, you will see yourself. As you treat him, you will treat yourself. Never forget this, for in him, you will find or lose yourself." |
| " If you accomplish good things without trying, Think what a little effort will get you." |
| The Martial Arts is not only a means to an end... It's a way of life. (The Badger) |
| Practice does NOT make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. "The Badger" |
| There is no "CAN'T". Only "WON'T"! (The Badger) |
| I don't study the Martial Arts to learn to fight. I study so that I won't have to. "The Badger" |
| Evil cannot be conquered in the world; it can only be resisted within oneself... |
| Is it not better to see yourself truly than to care how others see you? |
| Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching. |
| "An ounce of logic is worth a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time…" Ed Parker |
| "The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves..." James A. Garfiled |
| We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Gustav Jung |
| Where there is a will, there is a way. |
| The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend |
| The finest blade stays in the Scabbard... |
| If you think education is expensive try ignorance... |
| People will believe anything if you whisper it. |
| If you want to test your memory, try to remember what you were worrying about one year ago today. |
| The big difference between a man and a boy is the price of their toys. |
| The more you say, the less people remember. |
| Luck is preparation meeting opportunity. |
| Success is not the result of making money. Making money is the result of success. |
| Successful people are the people who are willing to do the things that failures don't like to do. |
| Men don't plan to fail. They fail to plan. |
| Are you looking for an excuse to fail, or a reason to succeed? |
| It isn't how old you are, it's how bold you are. |
| Adversity causes men to break, or break records. |
| Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? |
| It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. |
| Are you starting up the steps, or stepping up the stairs? |
| The best way to kill time is to work it to death. |
| After all is said and done, more is said than done. |
| When the going gets tough, the tough get going. |
| We are all born with the equal opportunity to become unequal. |
| Part time effort leads to full time failure. |
| Today is the first day of the rest of your life. |
| Act to overcome your weakness, and your weakness will become your strength. |
| The golden thread that runs through the life of all great men: The willingness to fail in order to succeed. |
| Praise loudly, blame softly. |
| The golden rule is of no use unless you realize that it is your move. |
| Of all of the people you will ever meet, you are the only one you will never leave. |
| Desire: The main ingredient responsible for ordinary people doing extraordinary things. |
| Time is the stuff life is made of. |
| Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes. |
| The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. |
| The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement. |
| Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. |
| You never get a second chance to make a first impression. |
| A man is about as big as the things that make him angry. |
| Wouldn't it be nice to be as sure of anything as some people are of everything? |
| The pessimist dies a little every day. The optimist lives a little more each day. |
| To be yourself, forget yourself. |
| Caution is good. Courage is better. |
| Stop wishing and start wanting. |
| When the outlook is doubtful, try the UPLOOK. |
| Success is a journey, never a destination. |
| Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. |
| Time is relative. Two weeks on a vacation is not the same as two weeks on a diet. |
| The most important thing is this: To sacrifice what we are for what we can become! |
| To think is to create! |
| Every Day is a Good Day -Zen Saying |
| All know the Way; Few actually walk it. -Bodhidarma |
| Without inner peace, it is impossible to have world peace. -the Dalai Lama |
| Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. -Albert Einstein |
| The Ultimate Warrior Leaves No Openings - Except In His Mind. |
| Martial Arts is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off until you stop pedaling. |
| "We are drowning in information and starved for knowledge." Unknown |
| The more you know the less you understand. Tao Te Ching |
| Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. Krishnamurti |
| Talking about Zen all the time is like looking for fish tracks in a dry riverbed.Wu-tzu |
| What is the sound of one hand clapping? Zen koan |
| When you meet a master swordsman, show him your sword. When you meet a man who is nor a poet, do not show him your poem. Lin-chi |
| Even a good thing isn’t as good as nothing. Zen saying |
| Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the old; seek what they sought. Basho |
| "Today is the first day of the rest of your life..." |
| One life stamps and influences another, which in turn stamps and influences another, on and on, until the soul of human experience breathes on in generations we'll never even meet. |
| Success comes before work only in the dictionary. |
| "Never let yesterday use up today." |
| "Every man dies... but not every man truly lives." Braveheart |
| "Everyone says that the grass is greener on the other side. I say the grass is greener where you water it." |
| "To live through an impossible situation, you don't need the reflexes of a Grant Prix driver, the muscles of a Hercules, the mind of an Einstein. You simply need to know what to do." Anthony Greenbank-The book of Survival |
| "You can't talk yourself out of a situation you behaved yourself into..." |
| "In the land of the blinds, one eye man is the king" |
| "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts." Goethe |
| The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill |
| "What you resist, persists." |
| "Minds are like parachutes. They work best when they are open." |