"There is no first attack in Karate." - Gichin Funakoshi
"Karate-Do is a lifetime study" - Kenwa Mabuni
"The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of character of its participants." - Gichin Funakoshi
"Karate begins and ends with respect." - Anko Itosu
"Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end." - Gichin Funakoshi
"You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like a puppet, learning karate is not very different from learning a dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter; you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of karate-do." -Gichin Funakoshi
"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill." - Sun Tsu, The Art of War
"No matter how you may excel in the art of Karate, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as observed in daily life." - Gichin Funakoshi
"The fastest draw is when the sword never leaves the scabbard,
The strongest way to block, is never to provoke a blow,
And the cleanest cut is the one withheld."