Samurai Quotes
66 quotes by 47 authors
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Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of…
— Orlando Bloom
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A samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog, outside the hide of a tiger.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the…
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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As for the decorum at the time of a campaign, one must be mindful that he is a samurai. A person who loves beautification where…
— Kato Kiyomasa
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The way of the samurai is found in death. When it comes to either or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is…
— Nabeshima Naoshige
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It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things…
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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One who was born in the house of a warrior, regardless of his rank or class, first acquaints himself with a man of military feats…
— Takeda Shingen
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My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but…
— Georges St-Pierre
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Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.
— Tsukahara Bokuden
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Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.
— Lucy Liu
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A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's.
— Stan Sakai
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We should think of a photographer as a Samurai who makes rituals, moves and gestures in order to develop his techniques and his instinct.
— Alex Majoli
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The way of the Samurai is found in death.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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When one has made a decision to kill a person, even if it will be very difficult to succeed by advancing straight ahead, it will…
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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Everyone feels fear. What a samurai or warrior is, is what you do when you feel fear.
— Enson Inoue
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Blackthorne, beside the gates, was still turmoiled by his boundless joy at her reprieve and he remembered how his own will had been stretched that…
— James Clavell
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THE ART OF PEACE does not rely on weapons or brute force to succeed; instead, we put ourselves in tune with the universe, maintain peace…
— Morihei Ueshiba
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The visual palette suggests the creepy pastel paintings of Guy Peellaert (Rock Dreams); the fantasy battles with monsters and samurais echo the muscular landscapes of…
— Richard Corliss
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A hug from a samurai girl is warmer than a heap of blankets and more meaningful than a pile of words.
— Sandy Fussell
Who Wrote These Samurai Quotes
47 authors contributed a total of 66 Samurai Quotes, led by these top contributors: