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.

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.

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

There’s a ghost of a dream that you don’t even try to shake free off because you’re too in love with the way she haunts you.

Good soul easily sleeps well.

Winning a love is just an outcome, keeping a love is a true accomplishment.

...you never knew anybody completely. Not even yourself.

It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change.

It takes simplicity and humility to worship God acceptably.

Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.

A writing teacher once told me that the most successful movies and books were simple plots about complex characters. You should be able to articulate your concept in a couple of lines.

Oppressors in front of the Lord, truth be told shall inherit oppression, while others receive gold.

Supervision is an opportunity to bring someone back to their own mind, to show them how good they can be.