As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit — Yamaoka Tesshu Copy Share Image
Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage. — Ming-Dao Deng Copy Share Image
“How to make his mother, whom he imagined to be the unhappiest person in the world, the happiest, was what drove him… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
The Samurai always has to rise and move on, because new challenges will come. — Lyoto Machida Copy Share Image
“Be a Samurai. Because you just never know what's behind the freaking sky.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Akira Kurosawa, David Lean and Alfred Hitchcock were the main inspirations for 'Samurai Jack,' along with a lot of '70s cinema. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I always loved samurai movies, and I wanted to incorporate that whole level of elegance and just the code of the samurai… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a… — Takenaka Shigekata Copy Share Image
I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My… — Masaharu Morimoto Copy Share Image
The way of the samurai is found in death. When it comes to either or, there is only the quick choice of… — Nabeshima Naoshige Copy Share Image
“There are 3 reasons for why you can't beat me. First, I'm better looking than you are. Second, your blows are too… — Akimine Kamijyo Copy Share Image
Native Americans say, "It's a good day to die," and samurai live their life to die honorably, so that kind of energy… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
I've always been passionate about these different (film) genres. Kung fu movies, samurai movies, Japanese movies, all this kind of stuff, and… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning,… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
THE ART OF PEACE does not rely on weapons or brute force to succeed; instead, we put ourselves in tune with the… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
“In our modern world, we look unkindly on mistakes and imperfection. But this is far from the samurai ideal. Mistakes are part… — Alexei Maxim Russell Copy Share Image
The visual palette suggests the creepy pastel paintings of Guy Peellaert (Rock Dreams); the fantasy battles with monsters and samurais echo the… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
“She always wishes for the happiness of others like it's the most natural thing. Sometimes I worry... That she's sacrificing her own… — Yū Satomi Copy Share Image
“The rat scuttles, the big cat creeps, the monkey dashes, The bat glides, the white crane soars, the lizard darts, And the… — Sandy Fussell Copy Share Image
“In my school, no consideration is given to anything unreasonable; the heart of the matter is to use the power of the… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
“It was pretty late and the streets were quiet so she was almost sure no one had seen her drag the soul… — Samantha Young Copy Share Image
Agrarian Anabaptists, Christian Scientists, and Samurai are among the rare examples of renunciation stemming from an unwillingness to sacrifice the spiritual qualities… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
The undisturbed mind is like the calm body water reflecting the brilliance of the moon. Empty the mind and you will realize… — Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi Copy Share Image
'Samurai' is not an animated show like you would normally watch on TV. We tell the stories from a different perspective -… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
“I just decided something. Your instructor is hotter than any of the Archangels. For real. I just changed your contact name from… — Aron Lewes Copy Share Image
“trees [-] Inside their wooden samurai armor they are geisha beauties, each one a ‘person-of-the-arts,’ limbs dancing, arranging flowers, carrying the wind’s… — A. A. Attanasio Copy Share Image
“We are the same, you and I. Whether samurai or night-hawk, the Suruga Dainagon or member of the Toudouza, it makes no… — Takayuki Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
Before I go off and direct a movie I always look at 4 films. They tend to be: The Seven Samurai, Lawrence… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“At times because of one man’s evil, ten thousand people suffer. So you kill that one man to let the tens of… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
The uncomfort zone is very important for us... To feel uncomfortable is important to strengthen your spirit. Like the samurai says, if… — Lyoto Machida Copy Share Image
Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
As for the decorum at the time of a campaign, one must be mindful that he is a samurai. A person who… — Kato Kiyomasa Copy Share Image
I do not like to be called a samurai, but I admit that I have an image of myself as a fighter.… — Nagisa Oshima Copy Share Image
Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
The samurais were very interested in Zen because they admired the tremendous precision that the Zen Masters had, their lack of fear… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Cinema really lends itself well to big, archetypal stories, you know, classic old stories and you need kind of a weird, big… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
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