Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes

The struggles I'm facing, The chances I'm taking, Sometimes might knock me down, But no, I'm not breaking.

Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.

Under pressure, would I fold and disappear, or would I show everyone that when bad things happen, you fight?

It's harder to stay strong than it is to give up. Giving up doesn't get you anywhere.. Only makes you weak.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better.

I'm a Warrior. That's who I am.

The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.

I give it up to women who have the power to keep their spirit alive under very difficult circumstances.

I have always tried to teach my players to be fighters. When I say that, I don't mean put up your dukes and get in a fistfight over something. I'm talking about facing adversity in your life. There is not a person alive who isn't going to have some awfully bad days in their lives. I tell my players that what I mean by fighting is when your house burns down, and your wife runs off with the drummer, and you've lost your job and all the odds are against you. What are you going to do? Most people just lay down and quit. Well, I want my people to fight back.

It takes a special kind of person to fight back.

Yield not thy neck To fortunes yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance.

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

Life isn't about the number of times you're knocked down, it's about the number of times you get back up.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

Fighting is life... Are you a person who gives up or are you a person who's going to fight?

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

Throw me to the wolves and I shall return leading the pack.

Even if you are sick, you fight until you have nothing left.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.