Ed Parker Quotes

Whether it is a big ship or small ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it.

Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.

Time and space may separate us, but not the thoughts and memories that bind us.

To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe.

An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.

Having an open mind does not necessarily lead to perfection. It is your ability to observe, analyze, discern, and understand the true essence that basic principles contain that point the way to perfection.

The humble man makes room for progress; the proud man believes he is already there.

There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives.

I am not going to show you my art. I am going to share it with you. If I show it to you it becomes an exhibition, and in time it will be pushed so far into the back of your mind that it will be lost. But by sharing it with you, you will not only retain it forever, but I too will improve.

The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen.

One becomes great when he comes to the realization that what he knows is very little.

It is not the aim of Kenpo to merely produce a skillful as well as powerful practitioner, but to create a well integrated student respectful of all.

Whatever the attitude, so is the response.

The man who knows how will always be the student, but the man who knows why will continue to be the instructor.

If you don't ask the right questions, I can't give you the answers, and if you don't know the right question to ask, you're not ready for the answers

Gain confidence and you banish fear.

To live is to change, and to obtain perfection is to change often.

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.