Some Random Quotes

 

"A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor."

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way."

"A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough."

"A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot."

"A small mind is easily filled with faith."

"A wise man does not fear, a man afraid does not think."

"Act like a man of thought. Think like a man of action."

"All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in this world is for enough good men to do nothing."

"An error doesn't become a mistake until you choose to ignore it."

"Are you surprised to learn that the word Samurai means, 'to serve'."

"Be more afraid of an army of sheep led by a wolf, than an army of wolves led by a sheep."

"Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain."

"Do, or do not, there is no try."

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow."

"Effective action is always unjust."

"Enemies you threaten make armies. Enemies you destroy make graves."

"Even a fool must now and then be right by chance."

"Even if a samurai's head were to be suddeny cut off, he should still be able to perform one more action with certainty."

"Everyone is doing their part. Are you?"

"Fast as the wind, quiet as the forest, aggressive as fire, and immovable as a mountain."

"Fear is the mind killer."

"For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts. This you can trust. The sword."

"Friendship is tested when it's time to share the burden."

"Give me ten Shinibana or, failing that, a hundred other troops."

"Happines is a journey, not a destination."

"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."

"He who knows doesn't speak; he who speaks doesn't know."

"He who speaks in anger makes his anger heard, but his words forgotten."

"Hope for the best, plan for the worst."

 

"If a job´s worth doing it´s worth dying for."

"It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai."

"Most women will shrug off what a man would kill you for, and kill you for what a man would shrug off."

"Never give up, never surrender."

"Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups."

"Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won."

"Only in death does duty end."

"Patience and persistence can bring down the tallest trees."

"See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body."

"Take arrows in your forehead, but never in your back."

"Take what you have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long."

"The focused mind can pierce through stone."

"The hawk breaks the back of his prey not because of strength, but because of timing."

"The path of the Warrior is lifelong, and mastery is often simply staying on the path."

"The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life."

"The price of wisdom is eternal thought."

"The true essence of a man is not what he has, but what he does."

"There was once a battle at a place called Thermopylae, where three hundred brave Greeks held off a Persian army of a million men."

"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards."

"Thou shalt seek no reward but the satisfaction of thy Master."

"To be foolish and recognize that one is a fool is better than to be foolish and imagine that one is wise."

"Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice."

"Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage."

"What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae? Dead to the last man."

"While the enemies of the Emperor still draw breath, there can be no peace."

"Victory needs no explanation, defeat allows none."

"Within the circle of each mans sword, therein lies his domain."

"You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive."