"The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body and polish the spirit."

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""Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you.""

- Morihei Ueshiba (Aikido)

Strength

""Even though surrounded by several enemies set to attack, fight with the thought that they are but one.""

- Morihei Ueshiba (Aikido)

Focus

""All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.""

- Morihei Ueshiba (Aikido)

Spirituality

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"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."

- Mortimer J. Adler

Self-improvement

"You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined."

- Anon

Self-improvement

"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."

- Archer

Self-improvement

"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."

- Roronoa Zoro

Self-improvement

"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"

Self-improvement