3 Quotes From Master Splinter To Get You Through The Day

Behind every great team is a great coach. The Packers had Vince, UCLA had John, and The Turtles had Splinter.

The first time around, back when I was young and just wanted to watch cartoons about beating up bad guys and eating pizza, I missed just how important Master Splinter was to the team — to me. And the older I get the more I wish I would’ve paid attention to that soft-spoken, mutated rat of a martial arts Master.

Splinter never got angry. Splinter never seemed afraid. Splinter, even with four teenage turtles to care for, never seemed phased. He battled evil, sure, but more than that, he taught good. A drastically more difficult, and exponentially more thankless endeavor. But Splinter never complained, he taught. And he’s still teaching today.

3 Quotes From Master Splinter To Get You Through The Day

“Anger clouds the mind. Turned inward, it is an unconquerable enemy”

Raphael was, and still is, my favorite Turtle. If I was smart, though, I would’ve noticed that Raph was always the one getting into trouble and often having to be rescued. I’d have understood that anger is not freedom, but a cage. A weakness that confides us in the past. A sickness that prevents us from living our best. And I would’ve stopped…