Karate Quotes · Page 6

Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state

— Gichin Funakoshi

From 1964 to 1968, I won many state, national and international amateur karate titles.

— Chuck Norris

Karate is like boiling water, if you do not heat it constantly, it will cool.

— Gichin Funakoshi

Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads.

— Hakuin Ekaku

You know, all 'The Karate Kid' fans from the original are parents these days. I think it's a cool thing.

— William Zabka

When you look at life think in terms of karate. But remember that karate is not only karate -- it is life.

— Gichin Funakoshi

I'm so proud of my time in karate and what I achieved. It's part of me, so I don't want to leave…

— Anne-Marie

Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.

— Gichin Funakoshi

The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style.…

— Bruce Lee

“The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants ”

— Gichin Funakoshi

“Karate is many things, but mainly it's about synergy, ebb and flow, trial and error, action and reaction, rhythm of life, progress . . .”

— Soke behzad Ahmadi

I pretty much focus on all the main styles out there, karate, wrestling, boxing, jiujitsu, just pretty much anything within MMA.

— Rashad Evans

We teach the karate methodology, bringing back the history of the martial art, the attacks that stopped being used when the martial…

— Lyoto Machida

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and…

— Chuck Norris

When I was a kid, I'd always wanted to take karate, but my parents wouldn't let me because I did a lot…

— Adena Friedman

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove.…

— Dolph Lundgren

Look at me... look at me... I need the attention, oooh I'm punk rock I got some tattoos, I got some piercings.…

— Mark Hoppus

Boxer guys are very tough and they play a very tough game, but its a game. Karate guys, tae kwon doe guys,…

— Rickson Gracie

No, don't learn at karate schools. They overcharge you for karate uniforms. They make you pay, like, fifty or seventy-five bucks just…

— Judah Friedlander

I was, like, a brown belt, which is pretty good. I entered a tournament once, and I punched the guy in the…

— Seth Rogen

I go back home for Christmas every year. Inevitably, somebody from my family will say, 'How's the karate going?' I've told them…

— Riley Stearns

I get kind of bored on the treadmill, but I do it. And I do a little bit of weight training. I'm…

— Christina Hendricks

My first tic was to shake my head violently. I was in karate class, and I was shaking violently. All of a…

— Dash Mihok

Karate cannot be adequately learned in a short space of time. Like a torpid bull, regardless of how slowly it moves, it…

— Anko Itosu

Each one of us starts Karate with some particular reason: to be a good fighter, to keep in good shape, to protect…

— Tsutomu Ohshima

I was into basketball, football, karate, boxing.

— Charlie Murphy

Karate is a technique that permits one to defend himself with his bare hands and fists without weapons.

— Gichin Funakoshi

I had a bit of a martial arts background from when I was a teenager: I did a bit of karate.

— Joel Edgerton

Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body.

— Gichin Funakoshi

“[...] before you can control your opponent's body you must first control his mind. (Page 17).”

— Sadami Yamada

One of the reasons I started acting was to re-make The Karate Kid, but Jaden Smith beat me to it.

— Justin Hires

There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles.

— Kenwa Mabuni

Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!

— Bruce Lee

Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.

— Gichin Funakoshi

Ninjas are silly. They are the flower fairies of gong fu and karate.

— Nick Harkaway

Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

— Gichin Funakoshi

“Aikido means the oneness of the way of the spirit, of being at one with the life force. (Page 17).”

— Sadami Yamada

Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous.

— Michele Bachmann

My father is a Japanese Shotokan karate master, so I have been training karate with my family since I was three years…

— Lyoto Machida

Bruce Lee was my inspiration when I was growing up and I used to watch 'Enter The Dragon.' No one could sit…

— Kell Brook