Have you seen The Karate Kid movie. If you haven't , well.. you should watch it. Because if you haven't, you are missing out on one of best characters onscreen "Mr. Miagi".
The character is played by Noriyuki "Pat" Morita in the karate kid series. Very few sentences are spoken by the character but they carry maximum weight, in fact you will find yourselves waiting for Mr. Miagi to say something during the movie. Although these quotes are contextual to the movie situations, I personally think many of these gems apply to our life. Some are old sayings from Okinawa, but mostly pure gold from Mr. Miagi.
Here is Mr.Miagi's wisdom from the movie Karate kid in no particular order.
- For person with no forgiveness in heart, living even worse punishment than death.
- Answer live inside you.
- Everything can heal, Daniel-san. Take time, patience.
- Inside you have strong root, No need nothing except what you have inside to grow.
- Sometime animal have more sense than human.
- Anything try first time impossible, but must try.
- You know you good, that important thing.
- Never trust spiritual leader who cannot dance.
- Sometime when living caged too long, whole world seem like a very big place.
- It is stupid when neighbourhood gangs kill each other. It is stupid when countries fight war. Not stupid to respect all living things.
- Ambition without knowledge is like boat on dry land.
- Just remember. True strength come from inside.
- Julie-san, fighting not good. But if must fight, win.
- Basic of life, Breathing. No breathe, No life.
- Never put passion before principle. Even if win, You lose.
- Someone always know more
- First learn stand, then learn fly.
- Must practise
- No such thing, Bad student. Only bad teacher.
- No call no one nothing.
- Win , lose. No matter. You make good fight, respect , then nobody bother.
- Daniel-san, nobody perfect.
- Sometime, what heart know, head forget.
- Fighting always last answer to problem
- Never stop war by taking part in one.
- Not matter who stronger. Matter who smarter.
- Best way to avoid punch, No be there.
- Daniel-san, lie become truth only when person wanna believe.
- Fighting not good, somebody always get hurt.
- if today, Julie-san get angry. Just repeat these words. Sun is warm. Grass is green. Everything workout.
- Never keep lady waiting.
If you follow these. Miagi have hope for you
Before i go , two more dialouges for you from the movies. There is meaning in them too. Enjoy.
1) Walk on road. Walk right side safe. Walk left side safe, walk middle "squish" . Sooner or later , you get squished like grape. Karate do yes ok. Karate do no ok. You karate do guess so. "squish".
2) Miagi raise in small village in okinawa. At that time very bad temper bull live in pasture near village. Oh ! Bull very bad. He chase children women going shopping, farmer, everybody. Then one day big festival. Everybody happy.
Person : What the hell is that supposed to mean ?
That day bad bull become good soup.
