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Karate Quotes

You have the power to fulfill your dreams!

You have the power to fulfill your dreams!

Tae Yun Kim
Dream, Karate, Your Dreams
Tae Yun Kim (1994). “The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within”

Karate-do begins with courtesy and ends with rei.

Gichin Funakoshi
Karate, Courtesy, Ends

Karate is like boiling water, if you do not heat it constantly, it will cool.

Gichin Funakoshi
Water, Heat, Karate

There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles.

Kenwa Mabuni
Style, Principles, Karate

I love karate, it's like a bible to me. But deep inside I'm so I mean, I'm so sensitive.

Jean-Claude Van Damme
Mean, Karate, Sensitive

Karate-Do is a lifetime study

Kenwa Mabuni
Study, Karate, Lifetime

Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.

Gichin Funakoshi
Lying, Way, Karate
Gichin Funakoshi, Genwa Nakasone, Jotaro Takagi (2003). “空手道二十訓: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master”, p.63, Kodansha International

There is no first strike in Karate.

Gichin Funakoshi
Firsts, Martial Arts, Karate
Gichin Funakoshi, Genwa Nakasone, Jotaro Takagi (2003). “空手道二十訓: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master”, p.23, Kodansha International

Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end.

Gichin Funakoshi
Art, Karate, Ends

I'm a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I'm a licensed bodyguard.

Katheryn Winnick
Black, Degrees, Karate
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I don't know karate, but I know crazy.

James Brown
Revenge, Crazy, Karate
James Brown (2013). “James Brown - The Ultimate Collection (Songbook)”, p.123, Hal Leonard Corporation

Power is no more than a part, no more than the tip of the iceberg of limitless profundity and sublimate of Karate.

Mas Oyama
Tip Of The Iceberg, Karate, Limitless

That's right, karate... made my whole body a weapon.

Don Knotts
Body, Weapons, Karate
"Fictional character: Luther Heggs". "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken", www.imdb.com. 1966.

Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.

Gichin Funakoshi
Art, Practice, Karate
Gichin Funakoshi (1994). “Karate-dō Nyūmon: The Master Introductory Text”, p.43, Kodansha International

Karate begins and ends with courtesy.

Gichin Funakoshi
Karate, Courtesy, Ends

Karate is for life, not points.

David Walker
Art, Martial Arts, Karate

I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!

James Brown
Karate, Knows
Song: The Payback Part 1

It's like the drag fairy coming and saying 'What would you like to do?' Um, yeah karate.

Gerard Way
Fairy, Karate, Yeah

A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscrimately.

Chotoku Kyan
Treasure, Martial Arts, Karate

I am the Fred Astaire of karate.

Jean-Claude Van Damme
Karate, Explanation

I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate.

Erik Estrada
Karate, Chips, Episodes

I did karate for a really long time, almost 10 years when I was younger.

Seth Rogen
Years, Long, Karate
"Seth Rogen, Not Such A Loser In Real Life". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. January 2, 2009.

Look eye! Always look eye!

Pat Morita
Eye, Looks, Karate
"Fictional character: Mr. Miyagi". "The Karate Kid", www.imdb.com. 1984.

Rza just used the whole synopsis of the karate flick and capitalised offa that around this music. Some things you find out and you compare to yourself, and you're like, 'Wow, it has so much comparison to it', you start to live like that. And that's what happened - we started callin' ourselves Wu-Tang.

Raekwon
Karate, Compare, Comparison
Source: thequietus.com

My karate skills are very limited. I'm a green belt.

Molly Quinn
Skills, Green, Karate
Source: collider.com

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