Morihei Ueshiba Quotes

An unattended mind is the breeding ground of self-defeat.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.

To our enemies all over the world who plan America's demise, please take my advice. Give up now. No matter what, you will lose. You will lose it all.

It was never the act itself but our own understanding of it that defeated us, over and over again.

He's a sore loser and he lost the fight.

It is a bad temper of mind that takes delight in opposition.

As long as we believe our thoughts, there will always be war.

Only the defeated and deserters go to war.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

You fail in your thoughts, or you prevail in your thoughts only.

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

The world will be at war as long as the mind is at war with itself.

We will be victorious, and they will be defeated.

You better watch out, or you're going to be defeated by pessimism!

War starts in the mind, not in the body.

Heaven and hell are not very distant, they are neighbors; only a small fence divides them. You can jump that fence, even without a gate. You go on jumping from this to that. In the morning you may be in heaven; by evening you are in hell. This moment heaven, that moment hell. It is just an attitude, just a state of your mind, just how you are feeling. Many times, in a single life, you may visit hell, and many times you may visit heaven. In a single day also.

I myself become terrified of death when I am in a negative state of mind. But the thought of death ceases to bother me once I become productive.

So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

Self-doubt is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

An improper mind is a perpetual feast.

Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be surprised.