Morihei Ueshiba Quotes

True victory is self-victory; let that day arrive quickly!

The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person.

With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

I know how strong I am mentally, how I work on myself.

The lessons we learn from patience will cultivate our character, lift our lives, and heighten our happiness.

When you're busy doing your own stuff it's like running a race. You try not to look over your shoulder to see who else is in the race, you do the best you can.

The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it.

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

Though thousand times a thousand in battle one may conquer, yet should one conquer just oneself, one is the greatest conqueror.

There is a ferocity to MMA and to the training, but there's such a humanity to it too. It takes so much sacrifice and humility to get into it and to rise through those levels. If you look at the fights as a means to test who you are, every one of these fights is an opportunity to see how far you're willing to go up against yourself - and to find and define your limits.

The highest strength is acquired not in overcoming the world, but in overcoming one's self. Learn to be cruel to thyself, to withstand thy appetites, to bear thy sufferings, and thou shalt become free and able.

The thing is that oftentimes, we want to be everything all at once. We want to be strong and mature, and God wants that for us, too. But just like that flowerpot had to sit in the sun and receive water day after day, we have to sit in God's presence every day, too.

Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge effort. Effort is between you and you. Effort ain't got nothing to do with nobody else.

If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven't lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember the journey.

A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.

I am not a rodeo clown, like, "Everything is awesome!" I really worked hard on myself and things and struggled to get to a good place, to a better place.

Self-discipline is the golden key; without it, you cannot be happy.

What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.

I build myself back up and come back stronger. That's what I do.

We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

Accustom yourself to submit on all and every occasion, and on the most minute, no less than on the most important circumstances of life, to a small present evil, to obtain a greater distant good. This will give decision, tone, and energy to the mind, which, thus disciplined, will often reap victory from defeat and honor from repulse.

A man must rise by his own efforts and walk by faith.