“Spirit…has fifty times the strength and staying power of brawn and muscle.” ~ Unknown
“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.” ~ Max Lerner
“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.” ~ Napoleon Hill
“The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues. You can’t separate them. They’re wedded.” ~ Henry Miller
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” ~ Richard Branson
“Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.” ~ Max Frisch
“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.” ~ Reba McEntire
“Whatever we think about and thank about we bring about.” ~ John Demartini
“It’s not how hard you do it, but how easy and natural you do it. There’s a big difference between a forced smile and a natural smile.” ~ Chow Hung-Yuen
“Knowledge comes from your instructors, wisdom comes from within.” ~ Dan Inosanto
“Power has to come from the inside out, not the outside in. Forget about the other person’s power. First, learn to control your own power. Second, learn to control your opponent’s power. Third, learn not to be controlled.” ~ Chow Hung-Yuen
“The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.” ~ Ronald Reagan
“Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.” ~ W. A. Ward
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” ~ Dr. Seuss
“The art of karate is a never ending quest for perfection… of developing the spirit and body to defeat your opponent… one’s self.” ~ Tak Kubota
“Don’t fight with yourself. Then you have one less enemy. How can you control anyone else if you can’t control yourself?” ~ Chow Hung-Yuen
“Success is less a matter of knowing what to do than it is remembering to do what you know.” ~ Robert Pater
“The greatest warrior conquers himself first.” ~ Ancient Martial Arts Maxim