Human beings are capable of virtually limitless degradation; they are also capable of virtually limitless improvement and achievement. Success depends on goals and on diligence in pursuing them.
If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum of his life to, I would answer: training. Train more than you sleep.
Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends.
As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate.
The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice.
Although it is important to study and train for skill in techniques, for the man who wishes to truly accomplish the way of budo, it is important to make his whole life in training and therefore not aiming for skill and strength alone, but also for spiritual attainment.
The most important are the eyes. In a fight if you look down out of fear you’ll certainly be defeated.
No matter how strong the rival, the just will always win.
Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered.
In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve.
Come ye trials and challanges; come life’s big waves, for I am ready?
A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society as many such men as I can.
My Way is the Way of Karate, which is also the Way of humanity, and which is consequently related to the Way of Heaven.
1-2 out of every 100 students reach Black Belt and of those only 1 out of every 1,000 achieves his 2nd Dan.
True courage is born only when it is accompanied by justice.
It is possible for even the smallest of accolades of achievement to be truly worthwhile without tears and toil?
Sice Karate exists for cultivating the spirit and training the body, it must be a moral way surpassing mere techniques...
A human life gains lustre and strength only when it is polished and tempered.
The most significant life is the one lived on the basis of a personal sense of justice and the desire to see justice realized everywhere.
Power is no more than a part, no more than the tip of the iceberg of limitless profundity and sublimate of Karate.
I have not permitted myself to be ignorant of any martial art that exists. Why? Such ignorance is a disgrace to someone who follows the path of the martial arts.