Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist. — Steven Seagal
A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. — Confucius
A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line. — Plutarch
True warriors are fierce because their training is fierce. — Miyamoto Musashi
There’s more to being a warrior than killing. A true warrior — the best warrior — isn’t cruel or mean. He doesn’t claw an enemy who can’t fight back. Where’s the honor in that? — Erin Hunter
A warrior knows that he is only a man. His only regret is that his life is so short that he can't grab onto all the things he would like to. But for him, this is not an issue; it's only a pity. — Carlos Castaneda
The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. — Chinese Proverbs
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. — Sun Tzu
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. — Bruce Lee
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood. — Ernst Moritz Arndt
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. — Sun Tzu
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted. — Andrew Bernstein
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. — Lao Tzu
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. — Lao Tzu
Short Great Warrior Quotes
The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy
...most warriors only perform tricks. The way of the warrior is filled with soul and feeling — Miyamoto Musashi
The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes. — Yiddish Proverbs
Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy. — A. J. P. Taylor
To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. — Chogyam Trungpa
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. — Socrates
He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. — Sun Tzu
He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily. — Sun Tzu
The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting. — Sun Tzu
Great Warrior Image Quotes
Silence is a source of great strength.
Good Warrior Quotes
Look at me. I was a warrior on this land where the sun rises, now I come from where the sun sets. Whose voice was first surrounded on this land - the red people with bows and arrows. The Great Father says he is good and kind to us. I can't see it. — Red Cloud
I happened to be in the right place at the right time. — Calvin Harris
Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior's world. — Pema Chodron
Make today so awesome, yesterday gets jealous.
Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says "Bad war, good soldier." Only now are Americans beginning to separate the war from the warrior. — Max Cleland
You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love. — Cheryl Strayed
everyone tells you what's good for you. they don't want you to find your own answers. they want you to believe theirs. — Dan Millman
Great minds discuss ideas.Average minds discuss events.Small minds discuss people.
Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges. — Carlos Castaneda
Follow your dreams, transform your life, take the path that leads to God. Perform your miracles. Cure. Make prophecies. Listen to your guardian angel. Transform yourself. Be a warrior, and be happy as you wage the good fight. Take risks. — Paulo Coelho
God's the seamtress that tailor-fitted my pain yo I got scriptures in my brain I can spit at yo dane straight the good book, look, niggas is shook 50 fear no man, warrior swing swords like conana — 50 Cent
Challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges. — Carlos Castaneda
Warrior Quotes
Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied. — Alexander The Great
We all have to work in our respective spheres with the same dedication, the same zeal and the same determination which inspired and motivated the warrior on the battle front. And this has to be shown not by mere words, but by actual deeds. — Lal Bahadur Shastri
I have no illusions about being a genius musician. I pride myself on being a soldier, a warrior for jazz. I trained a lot of young people, and I've learned my lessons well. I'd like to keep the flame burning. — Phil Woods
The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect". — Paulo Coelho
Your dreams are always going to be the most important to you than they will be to anybody else. So keep dreaming, keep believing, keep pressing forward. So all those warriors out there – be encouraged — Kai Greene
To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy. — Chogyam Trungpa
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse. — Carlos Castaneda
It’s time to put away our fairytales, all of them, and assume our responsibilities, the adult responsibilities that begin with adult knowledge. Our planet needs us. She needs us to think like healers and act like warriors. And if you think that’s a contradiction, then get out of the way. — Lierre Keith
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. — Leo Tolstoy
A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting. — Carlos Castaneda
Way Of The Warrior Quotes
To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other. — Carlos Castaneda
I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me. — Archilochus
Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. - Paradox: Life is a mystery; don't waste your time trying to figure it out. - Humor: Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure - Change: Know that nothing ever stays the same. — Dan Millman
Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.
Civilize the mind but make savage the body. — Mao Zedong
There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. — Miyamoto Musashi
Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. — Miyamoto Musashi
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
A woman is a warrior too. But she is meant to be a warrior in a uniquely feminine way. Sometime before the sorrows of life did their best to kill it in us, most young women wanted to be a part of something grand, something important. — Stasi Eldredge
If you know the way broadly you will see it in everything. — Miyamoto Musashi
Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price. — Sun Tzu
Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant. — Tsukahara Bokuden
True Warrior Quotes
I call myself a Peaceful Warrior... because the battles we fight are on the inside. — Socrates
There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within. — Morihei Ueshiba
Parabatai" said Jace. "It means a pair of warriors who fight together - who are closer than brothers. Alec is more than justmy best friend. — Cassandra Clare
Failure is a great teacher, and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.
Cast off limiting thoughts and return to true emptiness. Stand in the midst of the great void. This is the secret of the Way of a Warrior. — Morihei Ueshiba
In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment. — Pat Riley
A true warrior can only serve others, not himself...When you become a mercenary, you're just a bully with a gun. — Evan Wright
To a great mind, nothing is little.
The Way of a Warrior is based on humanity, love, and sincerity; the heart of martial valor is true bravery, wisdom, love, and friendship. Emphasis on the physical aspects of warriorship is futile, for the power of the body is always limited. — Morihei Ueshiba
The spirit listens only when the speaker speaks in gestures. And gestures do not mean signs or body movements, but acts of true abandon, acts of largesse, of humor. As a gesture to the spirit, warriors bring out the best of themselves and silently offer it to the abstract. — Carlos Castaneda
The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be called one from the heart. — Pat Riley
Only love of a good woman will make a man question every choice, every action. Only love makes a warrior hesitate for fear that his lady will find him cruel. Only love makes a man both the best he will ever be, and the weakest. Sometimes all in the same moment. -Wicked — Laurell K. Hamilton
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. — Leo Tolstoy
When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them. — Chief Seattle
If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession. — Carlos Castaneda
Average people have great ideas. Legends have great execution.
I am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world. From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe! — Tecumseh
Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea. — Chogyam Trungpa
Ultimately, you must forget about technique. The further you progress, the fewer teachings there are. The Great Path is really NO PATH. — Morihei Ueshiba
Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people. It's immoral. It's unjust. There's no winning. — Frederick Lenz
Hold the sadness and pain of samsara [suffering, confusion] in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun [fundamental awake human nature]. Then the warrior [brave enough to look at & work with reality] can make a proper cup of tea. — Pema Chodron
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle — Sun Tzu
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done. — Christian Nestell Bovee
I am proud of my children. They will make great warriors. And I will watch over them forever. I promise. — Erin Hunter
I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it. — Marc Maron
Through Biblical times, there have been great women warriors and now the sport is so populated that these are the women warriors that we have today in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. — Bonnie Canino
Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior. — Georg Brandes
Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind... then the Great Way is right before your eyes. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Throughout history, every great warrior-the Greeks, the Samurais, the American Indians, the Mongolians, you name it-had long hair and would dress it before battle. — Troy Polamalu
Fighters are raised into MMA. It's more about what's internal, not what's God given. When you have a great fighter like Rickson Gracie or Fedor Emelianenko-they're greater than the others because they have an internal spiritual being that separates them from the rest in their craft. They have the warrior spirit. — Troy Polamalu
What are you, a door mouse?!" Cloudtail mewed impatiently, prodding Lionblaze. Lionblaze looked up at the white warrior looking down at him, "Aww did you have to do that?! I was having a really great dream!" "And now you can go on a really great water patrol!" Cloudtail grumbled. — Erin Hunter
But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness. — Christopher Paolini
He loves deep... hates hard, ever'thing's that killed what he loves. All great warriors are sich men. — Forrest Carter
I developed the concept of the Happy Warrior as a rallying cry for those of us who want to restore America to its great foundational principles: individual freedom, personal responsibility, fiscal restraint, and economic liberty. — Monica Crowley
The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character. — Kristan Higgins
It's natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not. — Rick Riordan
As to war, I am and always was a great enemy, at the same time a warrior the greater part of my life and were I young again, should still be a warrior while ever this country should be invaded and I lived. — Daniel Morgan
Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They're doing great things for European MMA, and they're giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They're vital. I'm forever grateful for the opportunities I got. — Conor McGregor
There are two Mustafa Kemals: one is I, the flesh and bone Mustafa Kemal... the scond Mustafa Kemal I cannot describe with the word 'I.' That Mustafa Kemal is not I - it is 'We.' That Mustafa Kemal is the enlightened and warrior collectivity that is striving for the new thought, the new life, and the Great Ideal on every corner of this country. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
I think a lot of the most interesting immigrant writing involves stepping outside of that old, dreary binary. Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker is a great example. Same goes for Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior. — Junot Diaz
I played with Mike Dunleavy Jr., and we got a great relationship on the Warriors. Knowing him and now knowing his dad, all I know is he's a man of his word. Anything that he's ever said to me has been honest and I respect that. — Baron Davis
Rocky is a warrior, we've had a lot of great battles starting from when I was 16. He's a true team player, great fighter, and I have a ton of respect for him. — Mike Brown
Some people reckoned up all King Harald's (King of Norway) great achievements, and said that nothing would be too difficult for him. But there were others who said that England would be very hard to conquer. It was very populous and the warriors who were known as the king's Housecarls were so valiant, that any one of them was worth two of the best in King Harald's army — Snorri Sturluson
Oh, Constellations of the early night
That sparkled brighter as the twilight died,
And made the darkness glorious! I have seen
Your rays grow dim upon the horizon's edge
And sink behind the mountains. I have seen
The great Orion, with his jewelled belt,
That large-limbed warrior of the skies, go down
Into the gloom. Beside him sank a crowd
Of shining ones. — William C. Bryant
If he descended from heaven today the great warrior who beat the money-traders you would shout your "crucifige!" and nail him to the cross which he himself bore. But he mildly smiles upon your hate: "The truth will prevail, even if the bearer falls; the faith will live, for I give my life ... and stand tall at the cross for all warriors of the world. — Baldur von Schirach
Yara: Youre a great warrior. I saw the bodies above your gates. Which one gave you the tougher fight, the cripple or the six year old? — Yara
Men with discrimination will be viewed as schemers; second, men with deep far-sightedness will be seen as cowards; and third, men with rough behaviour will be mistaken for real warriors. These are great errors. — Takeda Shingen
Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge? Do they change places with lightning speed? The Chinese believe so. To put the heart of the martial arts in your own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension. — Bruce Lee
Here is Theodore Roosevelt with all his faults and with all his strengths - the devoted family man, the passionate game hunter, the astute politician, the frustrated warrior. This is a deeply moving account of the last years of a very great man. — David Herbert Donald
A Warrior knows that a great dream is made up of many different things, just as the light from the sun is the sum of its millions of rays. — Paulo Coelho
Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high. — Mike Tyson
Leaders must be released from the idea that they must be great prayer warriors before they can begin to call others to prayer. — David Bryant
Our father was a great warrior. Our mother is proud and strong. They shared only one flaw: that their only loyalty was to themselves above all other cats. We're not like that. We understand what it means to be loyal to our Clan. We have the courage to live by the warrior code. And because of that we'll be the most powerful cats in RiverClan one day, and our Clanmates will have to respect us then. — Erin Hunter
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