Samurai Quotes
Collection of top 76 famous quotes about Samurai
Samurai Quotes & Sayings
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When I had no roof I made Audacity my roof. ROBERT PINSKY, "Samurai Song" Never never never give up. WINSTON CHURCHILL
— Cheryl Strayed
There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle ... Perhaps ...
— Jean-Pierre Melville
New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them.
— Nobuhiro Watsuki
Life is like swordplay. Grip it, hold it tightly, then make your move.
— Louis Edward Rosas
Kim: Hey ... There's a guy over there with a samurai sword.
Scott: Really? Like a katana or a wakizashi or both? — Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott: Really? Like a katana or a wakizashi or both? — Bryan Lee O'Malley
Honor knows no birthright.
— Louis Edward Rosas
Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.
— Tsukahara Bokuden
You can always die. It's living that takes real courage. - Himura Kenshin
— Nobuhiro Watsuki
As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as interesting or as multi-faceted as 'Seven Samurai.'
— George Lucas
Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.
— Thomas Browne
You'd expect that as much as a samurai would expect a kick in the balls.
— Kelley Armstrong
There is no solitude greater than the samurai's, unless perhaps it be that of a tiger in the jungle.
— Jean-Pierre Melville
Scientist and smart fellow learner-of-stuff, want to do samurai-monster training with us? We intend to become dangerous.
— Laini Taylor
I want to lead an important life. I want to do it because I was born a human being.
— Eiji Yoshikawa
No deeper loneliness than the Samurai's. None but the tiger's in the jungle perhaps. He
— Jack Higgins
A samurai was essentially a man of action.
— Inazo Nitobe
In the world of old memories, there's no room for visitors
— Nobuhiro Watsuki
The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always reduced to the perfectly still.
— Sun Tzu
As you get the rhythm you discern how to win.
— Miyamoto Musashi
We are samurai, Lord. Death defines us. We must become a master of dealing it to our enemies, yes, but most of all lose all fear of our own.
— David Kirk
The Samurai is the first to suffer anxiety for human society, and he is the last to seek personal pleasure.
— Morihei Ueshiba
Summer grasses,
All that remains
Of soldiers' dreams — Matsuo Basho
All that remains
Of soldiers' dreams — Matsuo Basho
Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.
— Lucy Liu
Let's think about something more cheerful, shall we? Like puppies or flowers or samurai swords.
— Heather Wood
I like action films, not exclusively, but I like Samurai films. I like Westerns. Not so much war pictures, but a few. I like kinetic cinema.
— Alexander Payne
A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.
— Chris Bradford
The essence of samurai is not just service, but loyalty to his master, to a cause greater than himself.
— Barry Eisler
A spiritual path for the modern samurai, but in the service of the heart, not the dictatorship of the ego.
— Vincent Thibault
In the world of old memories, there's room for visitors
— Nobuhiro Watsuki
Sparta, Rome, the knights of Europe, the samurai . . . worshipped strength. Because it is strength that makes all other values possible.
— Timothy Ferriss
I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.
— Quentin Tarantino
A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive - Hajime Saito
— Nobuhiro Watsuki
I dreamt of worldly success once.
— Miyamoto Musashi
I also know a Were-Pomeranian named Phoebe Fluffenstuff that will gut someone with her samurai sword as casually as you would slice a pie
— James R Tuck
As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit
— Yamaoka Tesshu
You are not a samurai, Nate. You're a medically-savvy immortal with Star Wars bed sheets.
— Chelsea Fine
Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.
— Roger Ebert
I wasn't hip to 'Samurai Jack' until I saw it, but then I was all, 'This show is awesome!'
— John DiMaggio
You know, there's a joke in there somewhere. A Highlander, a Viking, and a Samurai walk into a bar.
— N.R. Walker
The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the body.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Men are bad cyclists, hunters of wild animals, kamikazes, samurai and Christian martyrs.
— Christine Gran
The sword has to be more than a simple weapon; it has to be an answer to life's questions.
— Miyamoto Musashi
Becoming the opponent means you should put yourself in an opponent's place and think from the opponent's point of view.
— Miyamoto Musashi
It feels like guitarists are samurais. You know, I'm playing a guitar, instead of a katana!
— Miyavi
It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film. It's not good.
— Hiroyuki Sanada
We should think of a photographer as a Samurai who makes rituals, moves and gestures in order to develop his techniques and his instinct.
— Alex Majoli
SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point.
— Gozo Shioda
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
— Mencius
I'm starting to question our choice of life skills," she whispered to him.
"I know. Why aren't we samurai?"
"Let's be samurai," she said. — Laini Taylor
"I know. Why aren't we samurai?"
"Let's be samurai," she said. — Laini Taylor
If someone comes to you with a gift, and you do not accept it, who does the gift belong to? - asked the Samurai.
— Paulo Coelho
Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.
— Alexander The Great
Samurai are born to die.
Death is not a curse to be avoided
but the natural end of all life. Death is not eternal ... dishonor is. — Rick Remender
Death is not a curse to be avoided
but the natural end of all life. Death is not eternal ... dishonor is. — Rick Remender
It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray - of the mind, do not be mindless
— Takuan Soho
No magnetic wombats, no flying hyenas, no catfish masquerading as samurai, and, MOST CERTAINLY, no Duku jam!
— Gina Marinello-Sweeney
A hug from a samurai girl is warmer than a heap of blankets and more meaningful than a pile of words.
— Sandy Fussell
There is even rhythm in being empty.
— Miyamoto Musashi
Commitment doesn't have conditions. A compassionate samurai follows through whether it feels good or not; average people do what they feel like doing.
— Brian Klemmer
A samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog, outside the hide of a tiger.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo