Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant. — Tsukahara Bokuden Copy Share Image
The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one and it would not be a wasted… — Ken Watanabe Copy Share Image
I am the scroll of the poet behind which samurai swords are being sharpened. — Lester Cole Copy Share Image
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid… — Mencius Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of Samurai film in Japan, and sometimes done the choreography by myself. — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film.… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
Throughout history, every great warrior-the Greeks, the Samurais, the American Indians, the Mongolians, you name it-had long hair and would dress it… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
I'm kind of like a samurai. They say if you want to be a samurai, you can't be afraid of dying, and… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
“What is essential is to suddenly make a move totally unexpected by the opponent, pick up on the advantage of fright, and… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I've done Last Samurai in Japan, in LA, in New Zealand. Even in Japan it is very hard to shoot, because there's… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai: if by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. If… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
I used to think that to become free you had to practice like a samurai warrior, but now I understand that you… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Blackthorne, beside the gates, was still turmoiled by his boundless joy at her reprieve and he remembered how his own will had… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“A samurai chooses to serve a master and does it out of respect and love, not because they are forced. Service to… — Alexei Maxim Russell Copy Share Image
The reviews on it, and the new novel, Honky Tonk Samurai have been awesome, though I'm of the school if you believe… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
47 Ronin is a very special movie for me. Not only a Samurai thing. Not only a Hollywood fantasy. It has a… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
Growing up as a kid, I wanted to be a ninja. In martial arts, even though I did Chinese kung fu, I… — Ray Park Copy Share Image
I loved the Limey [movie]! It's so violent! And yet it's so exquisitely romanticized in a sort of Japanese way, it's a… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
My mentality is like a samurai they used to train every day, work on their technique to make themselves better, almost perfect,… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
“Takamasa Saegusa: 'Seigen, a mere member of the Toudouza, had the effrontery to sully the sacred dueling ground. For that reason, our… — Takayuki Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
“was hell in sooth as taught in the Scriptures. "I must ask you," replied he, "before I give you an answer. For… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
It's actually the samurai spirit, which is 'no fear and never give up. — Enson Inoue Copy Share Image
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