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Inspirational Quotes

Introduction
By Julian Forbes
CEO Karate Athlete, Inc.


Throughout my life I have derived much inspiration from the wisdom of others. Here are some quotes which may make you think, possibly comfort, illuminate and inspire you. Some are just meant to put a smile on your face. I will add to the list regularly.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Author: George Carlin

"To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle."

Author: Buddha  

"Life is risky. Those who avoid risk are often taking the greatest risk."

Author: John Aspinall

"Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye."

Author: Miyamoto Musashi   

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."

 Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery   

"A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten";"

Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

Author: Jean-Paul Sartre   

"Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'"

 Author: Jef I. Richards   

"Do nothing which is of no use."

 Author: Miyamoto Musashi   

"Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning."

 Author: Erwin Rommel   

"For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement."

 Author: Pierre de Coubertin   

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."

Author: Winston Churchill   

"I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin."

 Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery  

"I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person"

 Author: Unknown  

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea"

Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."

 Author: Dwight David Eisenhower   

"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy."

Author: Norman Schwarzkopf   

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."

Author: Colin Powell   

"Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy."

 Author: Henry Kissinger  

"Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists."

Author: Anita Brookner 

"True love begins when nothing is looked for in return"

 Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect."

Author: Miyamoto Musashi  

The most important things in life are free, and money can't buy happiness, but it sure can rent it for a long time.

Author: Unknown

The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have. The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.

Author: Unknown

"A man is as old as the woman he feels."

Author: Groucho Marx

"The important thing in diplomacy is having a door that will lock, even if there is nothing behind it."

Author: Peter Ustinov

"Fear causes hesitation. Hesitation will cause your worst fear to come true."

Author: From the movie Point Break

"A man can never get away from who he is. He can better it or worsen it, but never elude it completely."

Author: Julian Forbes

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