American Quotes

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly... very slowly.

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Real living is living for others.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

As you think, so shall you become.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

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.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker?

The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

The Beatles were raw musically, but I think they really had something.

The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me.