“ A samurai should always be prepared for death – whether his own or someone else’s. ”
- Stan Sakai- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Engage in combat fully determined to die and you will be alive; wish to survive in the battle and you will surely meet death. ”
- Uesugi Kenshin- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live. ”
- Thomas Browne- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Generally speaking, the way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Everyone feels fear. What a samurai or warrior is, is what you do when you feel fear. ”
- Enson Inoue- Copy
- 2.1K
“ This is the substance of the way of the samurai: if by setting one’s heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the way. His whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling. ”
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Native Americans say, It’s a good day to die, and samurai live their life to die honorably, so that kind of energy creates a certain mindset of re-activeness with control to a point. And after that, it’s gone. ”
- Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa- Copy
- 1.8K
“ One who was born in the house of a warrior, regardless of his rank or class, first acquaints himself with a man of military feats and achievements in loyalty…Everyone knows that if a man doesn’t hold filial piety toward his own parents he would also neglect his duties toward his lord. Such a neglect means a disloyalty toward humanity. Therefore such a man doesn’t deserve to be called ‘Samurai’. ”
- Takeda Shingen- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. ”
- Morihei Ueshiba- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 1.3K
“ One thousand days of lessons for discipline; ten thousand days of lessons for mastery. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 2.5K
“ The way of the warrior does not include other ways…but if you know the way broadly you will see it in everything. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 3.2K
“ To die as a warrior means to have crossed swords and either won or lost without any consideration for winning or losing. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 532
“ You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Control your anger. If you have anger towards others, they control you. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 2.8K
“ The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win. Otherwise, why be a warrior? It is easier to count beads. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 3K
“ Under the sword lifted high, there is hell making you tremble. But go ahead, and you have the land of bliss. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 882
“ When in a fight to the death, one wants to employ all one’s weapons to the utmost. I must say that to die with one’s sword still sheathed is most regrettable. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Study hard an all things can be accomplished. Give up, and you will amount to nothing. ”
- Yamaoka Tesshu- Copy
- 1.8K
“ In our modern world, we look unkindly on mistakes and imperfection. But this is far from the samurai ideal. Mistakes are part of the learning process and if you haven’t made them then you are, indeed, dangerous because it means you have never learned anything. Mistakes, to a samurai, are the proof of your learning. ”
- Unknown- Copy
- 3.7K
“ This is almost the most famous story The last samurai – Samurai story – in Japan. ”
- Hiroyuki Sanada- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. ”
- Sanskrit Proverb- Copy
- 3.2K
“ I don’t get over the wonder of it, and ‘The Last Samurai’ was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. ”
- Tony Goldwyn- Copy
- 1.9K
“ And against all the odds She stood up like the last samurai on the battleground She raised up like high tides on the full moon She shined up like an alpha Centauri She ignited like a tequila on the first sip She fiereced like the alpha of the pack And the whole world craved for her like the water on the Mars. ”
- Survenya Sinnasamy- Copy
- 3.9K
“ The say Japan was made by a sword. They sat the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out, four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: Honor. ”
- Simon Graham- Copy
- 2.3K
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