I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.

In martial arts, one of the keys to generating devastating power is penetrating the target, i.e., not focusing to the target but rather through the target. When we strike at the front of a target, even though we may hit it, our strike will have little effect because of its lack of depth. However, if rather than merely hitting the target, we project and strike through it, our effective power will be greatly enhanced.

You only have to endure to conquer.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

TERROR IS A FABRIC OF THIS WORLD and, as we all know, there are different types of terror—some physical, others financial, social, psychological, familial. The terror of this KIA feature focuses on none other than twelve year old Arian D., callsign TERROR!

As his physical skills increase, so do Terror’s emotional and mental abilities. He’s a very smart young man and he uses his cerebral gifts to focus on the issues at hand, i.e., winning.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.

The leader shows that style is no substitute for substance.

In so many ways the civilization of the 21st Century lives in the delusion that symbol is more important than substance, that the character of who we are has been turned inside-out and upside-down to where it’s more important to be superficially adorned with the trappings of celebrity, fame, name, power, wealth, status, popularity and gamesmanship than it is to be anchored in principles of character, humility, honesty, honor, dignity, purity and substance.

Reason’s whole pleasure, all the joys of sense,
Lie in three words—Health, Peace, and Competence.

Nothing creates confidence more than competence. Telling someone they’re good at something, giving them pats on the back, kisses on the cheek, big hugs and positive words of how great they are don’t, nor can’t, build true confidence. Only competence creates confidence.