Carlos Castaneda Quotes

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.

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.

The warrior is always trying to improve.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

Most of us want to be strong, but we are not.

Get yourself prepared, educationally and emotionally, and develop mental toughness. Don't ever give up.

Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.

The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part of his Good Fight.

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

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.

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

One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

It is a law of nature that you must do difficult things to gain strength and power. As with working out, after a while you make the connection between doing difficult things and the benefits you get from doing them, and you come to look forward to doing these difficult things.

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.

It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, "This sickness can't take my life." "This cancer can't defeat me." "No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny."

I'm beating all the weakness out of myself, beating all the give-up out of myself, I'm beating the lack of cardio, I'm beating the lack of confidence - any sign of weakness that's in my heart, I'm getting rid of it

The theme of 'Karate' is about fighting yourself to break down barriers and move forward.

It's so important that you are constantly moving. And when things are hard, it will just make you fight harder - that's what you need to develop as a person, I think.

I've never, ever tried to make life easy for myself.

When I was about 15, I learnt that training hard doesn't get easier, you just learn to push harder. That's a powerful mentality to master.

The journey is never ending. There's always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what's right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment.