Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered.

If you do not overcome your tendency to give up easily, your life leads to nothing.

One becomes a beginner after 1000 days of training. One becomes a master after 10,000 days of practice.

I realized that perseverence and step-by-step progress are the only ways to reach a goal along a chosen path.

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 in pursuing them.

One must try, everyday, to expand one's limits.

Personal greed and egoism are things that cause human beings to forget respect for others and to violate rules that have been established for the sake of peace and friendship.

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 sleep.

The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large.

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 in their training efforts.

Loneliness was an inseparable part of being human.

Pursue great things.You are destiny for greatness.

Leaves covered pavement like soggy cereal.

Laughter puts your brain your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.

If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.

I think it gets boring (for the audience) for the lead singer to have a guitar hanging on them all the time

If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention.

I tweet when the tweet arrives. Never force a tweet or you will hurt your babymaker - and this is true of literature as well.

The Secret of Praying is Praying in Secret. The secret place of prayer calls for every faculty of mind and heart.

Mere political reform will not cure the manifold evils which now afflict society. There requires a social reform, a domestic reform, an individual reform.