
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius How can you increase your patience to fulfill your dream? The warrior must embrace these days and push forward, knowing that staying the course is the only way to eventually reach the goal.

There will be many days along the warrior’s path when it may not seem that progress is taking place. The warrior knows that any vision worth pursuing is going to take a long time to achieve. “If a man does his best, what else is there?” – George S. Where in your life can you benefit from more self-control? The warrior must accept responsibility for her thoughts and her actions if she is ever to reach true warrior status. This control over one’s self is the challenge that the warrior must face every day. Self-controlĪ warrior will learn to understand that the only things you can truly control in life are her own thoughts, emotions, and actions. “Hard training, easy combat easy training, hard combat.” – Marshal Suvorov Code of Honor # 4. This is the discipline of the warrior.” – Morihei Ueshiba “Day after day training your heart out, refining your technique: use the wind to defeat many. “Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.” – Sun Tzu In what area of your life can you be more disciplined? This action, taken every day, is discipline personified. Not only must the warrior be prepared to do the things it takes to make his vision a reality, he must also take action. Without discipline, the warrior can do nothing. “Take arrows in your forehead, but never in your back.” – Samurai Maxim Code of Honor # 3. “It is men who endure toil in dear danger that achieve glorious deeds, and is a wonderful thing to live with scourge and to die leaving behind an everlasting renown.” – Alexander the Great “Whenever you meet difficult situations, dash forward bravely and joyfully.” – Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure Courage is to first start and then continue moving forward toward the vision even know fear exists. What she must also understand is that courage is not the absence of fear, for that is impossible. The warrior knows that courage will be essential on his warrior quest. “Superficial goals lead to superficial results.” – Attila the Hun Code of Honor # 2.

But the will must be stronger than the skill.” – Mohammed Ali They have to have last minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. What is your vision for yourself and future? Until the vision is defined, a person has no destination. The warrior has a strong, defined vision of exactly where he wants to go. Here’s mine: Code of Honor for a Modern Warrior Code of Honor # 1.

A Code of Honor provides direction and boundaries in life.
