Top 57 Martial Arts Quotes

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Martial arts can be practiced for a variety of reasons such as self-defense and competition. However, no matter why you are learning it, it can always teach you something about yourself. With that in mind, check out the top 57 martial arts quotes.

#57 – 50. Martial Arts Quotes

57. Don’t fail for want of trying. Give it a go. – WGP

56. However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results – Sir Winston Churchill

55. When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect. – Anderson Silva.

54. You should make it a habit of putting your all into every little thing you do. -Koichi Tohei.

53. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see. – Muhammad Ali.

52. I so admire the discipline, the work ethic, and the sacrifices fighters make to master all aspects of mixed martial arts. – Tami Hoag.

51. Do, or do not, there is no try. – Yoda

50. Where do you begin? Perfect is a good place to start. We must always focus on improving things that are already perfect. – J. Viol

#49 – 40. Martial Arts Quotes

49. Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability. – Sun Tzu

48. The time to strike is when the opportunity presents itself. – 6th code of Ishinryu Karatedo

47. There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one. – Chuck Norris

46. Given enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both… and surpass the result. – Tien T’ai

45. A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow. – General George S. Patton

44. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking, or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him. – Miyamoto Musashi

43. When you say I will with conviction, magic begins to happen. – Wally Amos

42. A black belt is more than a belt that goes around your waist. Being a black belt is a state of mind and attitude. – Rick English

41. If you’re going through hell, keep going! – Winston Churchill.

40. True martial arts is universal, simple and practical. Anything else is too complex to be used in combat. – Soke Behzad Ahmadi.

#39 – 30. Martial Arts Quotes

39. The martial arts are non-combative because these martial artists think actual fighting doesn’t express goodness or mystic insight. – Keith Vargo.

38. Black belt is not something you get, it is something you become. – Warrior Spirit

37. The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become of it. – John Ruskin

36. In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued. – Bruce Lee

35. Fall seven times, stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb

34. How you train is how it will come out. – David James

33. When it comes to technique, work on it over and over again until you have mastered it. – Saenchai.

32. Even though surrounded by several enemies set to attack, fight with the thought that they are but one. – Ueshiba

31. Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. – Balzac

30. On the day of victory no fatigue is felt – German Proverb

#29 – 20. Martial Arts Quotes

29. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle

28. Fear not the man who practises a thousand attacks once. Fear the man who practises one move a thousand times. Bruce Lee

27. I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count. – Muhammad Ali.

26. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. – Bruce Lee

25. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison

24. Act like a man of thought – Think like a man of action. – Thomas Mann

23. In the martial arts, the relationship of Master and disciple is a peculiar one. – Tri Thong Dang.

22. Tomorrow’s battle is won during today’s practice. – Samurai Maxim

21. Martial arts was really the first thing in my life that I followed through on and accomplished a degree of proficiency for. – Chuck Norris.

20. I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. – Bruce Lee

#19 – 10. Martial Arts Quotes

19. Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development. – Joe Hyams.

18. Imagine if every child learned the respect, courtesy, and discipline that martial arts teaches. The world would be a different place. – Chris Wahmond.

17. You must have a dragon hidden inside of you. When you need, you let that dragon out. – Anderson Silva.

16. Boards don’t hit back. – Bruce Lee

15. To know and act are one and the same. – Samurai Maxim

14. You don’t have to be great to start, but you do have to start to be great. – Zig Ziglar.

13. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. – Michael Jordan

12. Remember… you are expressing the technique, not doing the technique. – Bruce Lee

11. Only a fool does something new and thinks it will work for sure. Only a failure refuses to try something that might not work. – Seth Godin.

10. You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war – Napoleon Bonaparte

#9 – 1. Martial Arts Quotes

9. I had a really long and great career, and I believe I left a deep mark in the martial arts. I have no regrets. – Mirko Cro Cop.

8. The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat. – Richard Marcinko.

7. Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve. – Leonardo Da Vinci

6. Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. – Jim Rohn.

5. If you know the art of breathing you have the strength, wisdom and courage of ten tigers. – Chinese adage

4. A student’s mentality in learning martial arts is to overcome one’s problems. – Ip Chun.

3. Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them. – Bud Fox

2. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. – Michael Jordan

1. If we overcome those enemies that attack us from within, we can attain a true victory over any attack from without. – Morihei Ueshiba.

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