Bushido Code Quotes & Sayings

[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed. — Aristotle.

The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity, the warrior without, serves the ego — Soke Behzad Ahmadi

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them. — Saint Basil

The Samurai lived by a code of honor, not unlike the code that you live by. It's called the Bushido. It was never written down; was always something the Samurai knew, and it was handed down from one warrior to another. One of the tenets of the code is about justice. Not the pounding of a gavel on the bench of some judge who's been appointed to pass judgment on people by some politician. No, malaka, this concept of justice is what you feel in your bones: to die when it is right and to strike when it is right. — Kenneth Eade

I will always fight for a woman's right to choose and the right to privacy. Reproductive issues are medical related issues and they should be kept private between a woman and her doctor. — Alma Adams

Inertia: Inertia means giving in to old habits and conditioning. Whatever the cause of depression, anxiety, trauma, insecurity, or grief, these states linger if you take a passive attitude. "That's just how things are" is the motto of inertia. Become aware of how doing nothing is actually the way you've trained yourself to keep things the same. Do you sit and dwell on your suffering? Do you reject helpful advice before even considering it? Do you know the difference between griping and genuinely airing your feelings with the intention of healing them? Examine the routine of your suffering and break out of it. — Deepak Chopra

Futon World - a wonderful place that becomes slowly less comfortable over time. — Demetri Martin

I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe, and I believe that 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around. — Joss Whedon

Most people, when they think of an insult, they keep it to themselves. But you wouldn't believe the things people say on my Twitter feed, and I'm a nice guy. Imagine if I was a jerk. — Jeff Ross

Bushido as an independent code of ethics may vanish, but its power will not perish from the earth; its schools of martial prowess or civic honor may be demolished, but its light and its glory will long survive their ruins. Like its symbolic flower, after it is blown to the four winds, it will still bless mankind with the perfume with which it will enrich life. — Inazo Nitobe

The only thing money really buys? ... Space. A bigger house, a bigger car, a larger hotel room. First-class plane tickets. But it doesn't even buy comfort. No one complains more than the rich and entitled. Comfort, security, ease. None of them come with money. — Louise Penny

You can be whoever you want to be. Sometimes all it takes is a little inspiration and effort. — A.D. Aliwat

competitively, they naturally assume that it's something I do all the time or that my diet is terrible all the time. I can always tell when they are because I see them give a quick glance at my body, looking for the lingering effects of eating 200 chicken wings in a sitting. It's an easy assumption to make, I suppose, — Furious Pete

I rented a place that I could have dogs - not in my house. I rented a big place. And I was able to have the SPCA every end of the week bring many, many dogs to me. They all were in nice places, clean, everything was fine. I took good care of them. And so many people called. — Doris Day

I've been grasping at nothing, running in circles, trying desperately to fill the emptiness inside with nothing but air. If I think about it too much, I feel shame, so much shame. So I don't. — Kerry Cohen

A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart — Soke Behzad Ahmadi

Setting her jaw, Whitney turned left. "This is a one-way street." He looked around helplessly. "Didn't you see the sign?" "I know it's a one-way street," she muttered and pressed harder on the gas. "It's also the quickest way across town." "Oh, Jesus. — Nora Roberts

My code of life and my personal bushido is honour, respect, loyalty, courage and surrender. — Rickson Gracie