Martial Quotes

307 quotes by 185 authors

We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people. — Jackie Chan
I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent. — Jackie Chan
When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect. — Jackie Chan
As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he… — Jackie Chan
Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character. — Robert Foster Bennett
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I… — Bruce Lee
How can a man commit acts of martial valour if he values his life? — Torii Mototada
To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full… — George Orwell
You might argue that we have become a little too forgiving because, if a perpetrator shows up at a court-martial with a rack of ribbons… — Martin Dempsey
My brothers are both 6 ft. 5 in., and if you have younger brothers who are bigger than you then you have to learn the… — Nick Moran
I'm as good as Jean-Claude Van Damme when it comes to martial arts. Sounding a little cocky aren't I — Talisa Soto
But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions. — Meredith Baxter
I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why… — Georges St-Pierre
To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant — Taisen Deshimaru
Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement - these… — Austin Phelps
I have three things I really, really want to do. I want to do aerial trapeze, I want to do martial arts, and I want… — Natalia Tena
As a kid, I was heavily into martial arts and wanted to be the next Jean-Claude Van Damme. — Chris Daughtry
Rock 'n' roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written, for the most part, by cretinous goons. And, by means of its… — Frank Sinatra
I'd really like to get to do some fighting, some martial arts training, because I think that would be really fun I do gymnastics and… — Anna Paquin
I don't have to have any special skills or martial arts in my back pocket. — Jason Ritter

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