Top 36 Jigoro Quotes
#1. Apply just the right amount of force - never too much, never too little.
Kano Jigoro
#2. It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.
Kano Jigoro
#3. Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens.
Kano Jigoro
#4. She has no imagination and that means no compassion.
Michael Foot
#6. Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.
Kano Jigoro
#7. The brain is a furnace./
Is transformed and transforms.
Stan Rice
#8. What do you mean we set the land mines on the wrong hill?
Rick Riordan
#9. Face your fear, empty yourself, trust your own voice, let go of control, have faith in outcomes, connect with a larger purpose, derive meaning from the struggle.
Kano Jigoro
#10. For one thing, Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for personal cultural attainment.
Kano Jigoro
#11. If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.
Kano Jigoro
#12. I do not want to kill and dissect myself any longer,
Hermann Hesse
#13. Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively.
Kano Jigoro
#14. Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.
Kano Jigoro
#15. The teaching of one virtuous person can influence many; that which has been learned well by one generation can be passed on to a hundred.
Kano Jigoro
#16. The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.
Kano Jigoro
#17. It was like this sometimes, and I felt I should look away, but I couldn't. I wanted to be there, having my face touched, defeating a heart like Peter's, but the next best thing was seeing it for Tiger Lily.
Jodi Lynn Anderson
#18. Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.
Kano Jigoro
#20. Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely.
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
#21. Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.
Kano Jigoro
#22. Judo should be free as art and science from any external influences, political, national, racial, and financial or any other organized interest. And all things connected with it should be directed to its ultimate object, the benefit of Humanity
Kano Jigoro
#23. History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance.
Bernard DeVoto
#24. Paradoxically, the man who has failed and one who is at the peak of success are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what he will do next, choose the course that will lead him to the future.
Kano Jigoro
#25. Cuz I look like Barbie." I reply, knowing they can connect the dots. "Bad girls don't like Barbie?" Michael asks, both his eyebrows rising. "No. Bad girls want to rip Barbie's head off and flush it down the toilet,
Amy A. Bartol
#26. You can't show love to someone at the expense of someone else who loves you.
R. K. Milholland
#27. There are people who are excitable by nature and allow themselves to become angry for the most trivial of reasons. Judo can help such people learn to control themselves. Through training, they quickly realize that anger is a waste of energy, that it has only negative effects on the self and others.
Kano Jigoro
#28. To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.
Kano Jigoro
#29. Judo is a study of techniques with which you may kill if you wish to kill, injure if you wish to injure, subdue if you wish to subdue, and, when attacked, defend yourself
Kano Jigoro
#30. In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.
Kano Jigoro
#31. Because the sky is so high and the crow shat in your left eye. I could tell you a lie but I don't see why. The world is a game and the game is a tie. The tie is around your neck and they'll string you high.
Jerry Pinto
#32. In randori, one must search out the opponent's weaknesses and be ready to attack with all the resources at his disposal the moment the opportunity presents itself, without violating the rules of judo.
Kano Jigoro
#33. The pine fought the storm and broke. The willow yielded to the wind and snow and did not break. Practice Jiu-Jitsu in just this way.
Kano Jigoro
#34. I'm strictly a 'look at the menu but don't order anything' guy when it comes to attractive women who aren't my wife.
C.T. Phipps
#35. Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect, you are thanking your opponent for giving you the opportunity to improve your technique.
Kano Jigoro
