Mas Oyama Quotes, Thoughts and Images
If you do not overcome your tendency to give up easily, your life leads to nothing.
I realized that perseverence and step-by-step progress are the only ways to reach a goal along a chosen path.
One must try, everyday, to expand one's limits.
One becomes a beginner after 1000 days of training. One becomes a master after 10,000 days of practice.
Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered.
The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.
No matter how strong the rival, the just will always win.
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.
The most important are the eyes. In a fight if you look down out of fear you'll certainly be defeated
A human life gains lustre and strength only when it is polished and tempered.
Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large.
True courage is born only when it is accompanied by justice.
Until the day I die, I never want to be separated from my dogi; I never want to cease my training efforts in the dojo.
1-2 out of every 100 students reach Black Belt and of those only 1 out of every 1,000 achieves his 2nd Dan
My Way is the Way of Karate, which is also the Way of humanity, and which is consequently related to the Way of Heaven.
Power is no more than a part, no more than the tip of the iceberg of limitless profundity and sublimate of Karate.
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.
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?
The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice.
It is possible for even the smallest of accolades of achievement to be truly worthwhile without tears and toil?
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.
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.
Sice Karate exists for cultivating the spirit and training the body, it must be a moral way surpassing mere techniques.