When you leave your home, think that you have numerous opponents waiting for you (it is your behavior that invites trouble from them).

The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.

What you have been taught by listening to others' words you will forget very quickly; what you have learned with your whole body you will remember for the rest of your life.

True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice.

Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the sequence of a kata in karate is useless.

In battle, do not think that you have to win. Think rather that you do not have to lose.

No matter how you may excel in the art of Karate, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as observed in daily life.

Spirit first, technique second.

Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses... He who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master of himself in any situation.

Beginners must master low stance and posture, natural body positions are for the advanced.

However, if you fail to prepare, you will either go through stress to win your race or you may quit when the battle becomes tougher than you ever imagined.

There's a bit of kitten in all of us.

...as if in rebellion, certain emotions become amplified at the exact moments when you are expected not to feel them at all.

How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?

Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes.

Listen. Don't just wait to talk.

Once you get a character, you lock it in your heart - it's there.

Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

How many joys are crushed under foot because people look up at the sky and disregard what is at their feet?

Never forget the importance of living with unbridled exhilaration.