10 Inspirational Martial Arts Quotes to Get You Through the Day

Here are ten of Michael Chin's favorite inspirational martial arts quotes with just as inspirational backgrounds.

1. Top 10 Inspirational Martial Arts Quotes

2. Courage first; power second; technique third

3. He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

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

5. 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.

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

7. Cry in the dojo. Laugh on the battlefield.

8. Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly.

9. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

10. Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.

11. Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.