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

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

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.

No matter how strong the rival, the just will always win.

I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.

Dammit. I knew a four-hour erection wasn’t normal.

As long as you fight, you cannot lose... if you leave everything out there, it doesn't matter if you win or lose. To me you can never lose.

Who knows what goes on in the mind of a cat?

Patience? Certainly no! We have no time for patience! While tomorrow is just an assumption, it is not reasonable to be patient!

Elena. Hush, let me talk to the crazy lady.

I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter.

The president has the authority to end this dragnet surveillance immediately

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.