Miyamoto Musashi was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher and columnist. He was the founder of the Niten-Ichi-Ryū-School or Nito-Ichi-ryū style of swordsmanship.
Below are Inspirational quotes from Miyamoto Musashi:
1.“When you cannot be deceived by me, you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.” Miyamoto Musashi
2.“The approach to combat and everyday life should be the same.” Miyamoto Musashi
3.“Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of man.” Miyamoto Musashi
4.“To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead.” Miyamoto Musashi
5.“With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view.” Miyamoto Musashi
6.“A man cannot understand the art he is studying if he only looks for the end result without taking the time to delve deeply into the reasoning of the study.” Miyamoto Musashi
7.“There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.” Miyamoto Musashi
8.“You can only fight the way you practice.” Miyamoto Musashi
9.“One thousand days of lessons for discipline; ten thousand days of lessons for mastery.” Miyamoto Musashi
10.“If there isn’t discipline, how can there be a true realisation of an ideal?” Miyamoto Musashi
11.“I choose to live by choice, not by chance.” Miyamoto Musashi
12.“Determine that today you will overcome yourself of the day before, tomorrow you will win over those of lesser skill, and later you will win over those of greater skill.” Miyamoto Musashi
13.“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.” Miyamoto Musashi
14.“It may seem difficult at first but everything is difficult at first.” Miyamoto Musashi
15.“Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.” Miyamoto Musashi
16.“Do not let the body be dragged along by mind nor be dragged along by the body.” Miyamoto Musashi
17.“If you wish to control others you must first control yourself.” Miyamoto Musashi
18.“Control your anger. If you hold anger toward others, they have control over you. Your opponent can dominate and defeat you if you allow him to get you irritated.” Miyamoto Musashi
19.“When you attain the Way of strategy there will not be one thing you cannot see. You must study hard.” Miyamoto Musashi
20.“The true science of martial arts means practising them in such a way that they will be useful at any time.” Miyamoto Musashi
21.“If you know the Way broadly, you will see it in everything.” Miyamoto Musashi
22.“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.” Miyamoto Musashi
23.“Never accept an inferior position to anyone. It is the strongest spirit that wins, not the most expensive sword.” Miyamoto Musashi
24.“You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain.” Miyamoto Musashi