21 Popular Ed Parker Quotes

I was flipping through some of my books and stumbled upon one of my favorite KENPO books called The Zen of Kenpo by Mr. Ed Parker.

So, I thought I would share some of my favorite memorable quotes from his book:

1. To beat action, meet it.
2. Whatever the attitude, so is the response.
3. Although the belt color shows, it doesn’t mean you know.
4. What you earn, you get.
5. To live is to change, and to obtain perfection is to change often.
6. Opportunity may come but once, so take every advantage when it does occur.
7. To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe.
8. Big circles can lead to big trouble.
9. There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives.
10. Flow first, power later.
11. One becomes great when he comes to the realization that what he knows is very little.
12. The man who knows how will always be the student, but the man who knows why will continue to be the instructor.
13. Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.
14. Many look but few see.
15. Desire, perspire, acquire.
16. Quick to learn, quick to forget; Slow to learn, slow to forget.
17. Will-power is the hammer that drives action.
18. Principles of motion take precedence over sequence of motion.
19. He who hesitates meditates in a horizontal position.
20. Whether it is a big ship or small ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it.
21. Wasted inches are wasted time.

Which is your favorite Ed Parker Quote?

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