Mas Oyama Quotes

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• Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large.
• As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate.
• One must try, everyday, to expand one's limits.
• The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.
• Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered.
• A human life gains lustre and strength only when it is polished and tempered.
• The most important are the eyes. In a fight if you look down out of fear you'll certainly be defeated
• One becomes a beginner after 1000 days of training. One becomes a master after 10,000 days of practice.
• 1-2 out of every 100 students reach Black Belt and of those only 1 out of every 1,000 achieves his 2nd Dan
• If you do not overcome your tendency to give up easily, your life leads to nothing.
• Although it is important to study and train for skill in techniques, for the man who wishes to truly accomplish the way of budo, it…
• Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends.
• One living daily in the Way carries their head low and their eyes high; reserved in speech and possessing a kind heart, they steadfastly continue…
• Aspirations must be pure and free of selfishness. Arising from the depths of the soul, aspirations are spiritual demands penetrating all of a human life…
• If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum of his life to, I would answer: training. Train more than you…
• The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice.
• Human beings are capable of virtually limitless degradation; they are also capable of virtually limitless improvement and achievement. Success depends on goals and on diligence…
• Until the day I die, I never want to be separated from my dogi; I never want to cease my training efforts in the dojo.
• If you have confidence in your own words, aspirations, thoughts, and actions and do your very best, you will have no need to regret the…
• The most significant life is the one lived on the basis of a personal sense of justice and the desire to see justice realized everywhere.

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