#1. “If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are now.”

#2. “You are the master of your destiny: No one and nothing can come in between you and your destiny except you. Take destiny by the horns and have fun.”

#3. Shop owner: “Ugh, who cares who wins? Those three are a disgrace to kung fu.” Oogway: “I think they will all lose until they find a battle worth fighting.”

#4. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”

#5. Oogway: “I know how you can all get what you want. Not just fame and fortune.”

Thundering Rhino: “And how’s that?”

Oogway: “By changing course. When the path you walk always leads back to yourself, you never get anywhere…”

#6. “There is always something more to learn. Even for a master.”

#7. “Nothing is impossible.”

#8. “Use your skills for good, young warrior. Find the one thing you were denied so long ago — compassion.”

#9. Oogway: “Look at this tree. I cannot make it blossom when it suits me, nor make it bear fruit before its time… No matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.

Shifu: “But a peach cannot defeat Tai Lung!”

Oogway: “Maybe it can… If you are willing to guide it, to nurture it. To believe in it.”

Master Oogway Quotes That Teach Us Valuable Life Lessons
#10. “When will you realize? The more you take, the less you have.”

#11. “Who knows the ways of the universe? Accident? Or destiny? That is the secret.”

#12. Oogway: “She wants to make you proud.”

Shifu: “Well, maybe I could be proud if she was doing the correct form.”

Oogway: “Your form.”

Shifu: “Is there another kind?!”

Oogway: “Shifu, an acorn can only become the mighty oak, not a cherry tree. You must let her grow into what she will be.”

#13. “Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.”

#14. Oogway: “My old friend, the panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours, until you let go of the illusion of control.”

#15. Oogway: “The cleaner, the comedian, the dancer and even the little doctor. It was no accident that you found them.”

Tigress: “I failed Shifu.”

Oogway: “Worse. You’re failing yourself. No matter how much you try, you will never be Shifu. The question is… Can you be Tigress?”

#16. “One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.”

#17. “My time has come. You must continue your journey… without me. You must… believe. Promise me you’ll believe.”

Humorous Master Oogway Quotes to Make You Chuckle
#18. “It’s so nice to see you’ve managed to take the most respected art form in China and use it to pursue nothing but fame.”

#19. Oogway: “Shifu, there is a matter of the utmost importance.”

Shifu: “What could be more important than preparing for battle?”

Oogway: “Food! Let’s order in.”

#20. Oogway: “Oh, Shifu. There is just news. There is no good or bad.”

Shifu: “Master, your vision—your vision was right! Tai Lung has broken out of Chorh-Gom prison! He’s on his way!”

Oogway: “That IS bad news… if you do not believe that the Dragon Warrior can stop him.”

#21. Oogway: “There are no accidents.”

Shifu: [sighs] “Yes, I know. You said that already… twice.”

Oogway: “Well, that was no accident either.”

Shifu: “…Thrice.”

#22. Thundering Rhino: “Uh, excuse me! [stuck between two cliff faces after Oogway pushed him there] But how exactly does this help us get across?”

Oogway: “It doesn’t. It helps me. And by helping me, you help yourself.”

#23. “Quit, don’t quit. Noodles, don’t noodles… You are too concerned with what was and what will be. There’s a saying: Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.”