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“Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.”

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Thomas a Kempis (1380 - July 25, 1471) was a German canon, known for his spiritual writings. He is best known for his work 'The Imitation of Christ,' which has had a profound impact on Christian thought and practice. more

“To any situation the reaction may be different. That's why it's useless - in a way - to memorize patterns, because the possibilities in life are endless, and you cannot be prepared for every single thing. Therefore it's better to be able to move in a natural way, and not even physically but intuitively.”

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Author:Vladimir Vasiliev

“The key quality that anyone has to develop - a regular person as well as a warrior - is humility. If you don't try to develop humility, what you end up developing is pride, and that's destructive; it destroys yourself and it destroys the world around you.”

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Author:Vladimir Vasiliev

“You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.”

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Author:Ben Jonson

“If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today?”

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Author:Bruce Lee

“If losing a fight is the worst thing that's ever happened to you in your life, you're doing pretty good.”

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Author:Randy Couture

“We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.”

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Book:The papers of General Nathanael Greene

Source: The papers of General Nathanael Greene

“True victory is victory over oneself.”

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Author:Morihei Ueshiba

“Pour some water into a tub and stir it up. Now try as hard as you can to calm the water with your hands; you will succeed in agitating it further. Let it stand undisturbed a while, and it will calm down by itself. The human brain works much the same way.”

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Author:Koichi Tohei

“Even the most powerful human being has a limited sphere of strength. Draw him outside of that sphere and into your own, and his strength will dissipate.”

Source: The Art of Peace

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