“The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants ”

“Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state”

“Any man will be able, after sufficient practice, to accomplish remarkable feats of strength, but he may go only so far and no farther. There is a limit to human physical strength that no one can exceed.”

“It is regrettable to spend one's life in a battle that ends with no victory nor defeat, to consume it in another battle that ends with a defeat, and in a third that ends with his victory over his brother.”

“There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.”

“A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.”

“So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat”