Warrior Inspiration; Quotes and maxims to cultivate mind, character, and fighting spirit
Compiled and Written by Julian G. Ortega
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Warrior Inspiration has quotes from some of the greatest individuals in history, such as:

  • Martial Arts Masters

Including: Miyamoto Musashi (Kendo/Iaido), Carlos and Helio Gracie (Jiu-jitsu), Jigoro Kano (Judo), Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama (Karate), Morihei Ueshiba (Aikido) and Bruce Lee (Jeet Kune Do).

  • Iconic Americans

Including: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Davy Crockett, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson and MLK.

  • World Leaders

Including: Marcus Aurelius, Napoleon, Sir Winston Churchill, Gandhi & Nelson Mandela

  • Philosophers

Including: Lau Tzu, Confucius, Sun Tzu, Pythagoras, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Buddha, Cicero, Sir Isaac Newton and Voltaire.

  • Sports Idols

Including: Vince Lombardi, Babe Ruth, Gordie Howe, Dan Gable, Muhammad Ali, Joe Montana, Michael Jordan, and Lance Armstrong

EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK:

On Courage:

“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.”
- Thucydides

On Honesty:

“I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an Honest Man.”
- George Washington

On Honor:

“Success without honor is an unseasoned dish, it will satisfy your hunger, but it won’t taste good.”
- Joe Paterno

On Training:

“Subjecting yourself to vigorous training is more for the sake of forging a resolute spirit that can vanquish the self than it is for developing a strong body.”
- Mas Oyama

On Fighting:

“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold.  They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.””
- Dan Gable

On Perseverance:

“Pain is temporary.  Quitting lasts forever.”
- Lance Armstrong

On Humility:

“Humility is the foundation of all other virtues hence; in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.”
- St. Augustine

On Wisdom:

“There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.”
- Leonardo da Vinci

On Self Control:

“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”
- Plato

On Health & Hygiene:

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”
- Thomas A. Edison

On Attitude:

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”
- Babe Ruth

“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”
- Alexander the Great

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