Martial Arts Quotes

540 quotes by 246 authors

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile. — Abu Bakr
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho
Feedback is the breakfast of champions. — Ken Blanchard
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. — Miguel de Cervantes
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. — Jackie Chan
Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances. — Jackie Chan
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people. — Jackie Chan
I only want my work to make people happy. — 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
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
The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its… — William Butler
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. — Ben Jonson
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire. — Mark Twain

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