Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Never Lose Your Beginner's Spirit

初心忘る可からず (shoshin wasurubekarazu)

Another good translation is "Never Forget Your Original Intention". The phrase is composed of the words Beginner's Mind (shoshin), %96Y%82%E9 (read wasuru) meaning "to lose (something)" and %83x%83J%82%E7%83Y (read bekarazu) meaning "must not; should not"

This is an ancient Japanese saying going back to at least the 13th century. In a slightly different form it appears as part of a Samurai Code which appears in English(ie "shoshin wo wasurubekarazaru koto") but does not appear at all in the Japanese sources that we could find .

初心忘る可からず — Cursive
Never Lose Your Beginner's Spirit Cursive Horizontal
初心忘る可からず — Semi-Cursive
Never Lose Your Beginner's Spirit Semi-Cursive Horizontal
初心忘る可からず — Block
Never Lose Your Beginner's Spirit Block Vertical
初心忘る可からず — Cursive
Never Lose Your Beginner's Spirit Cursive Vertical
初心忘る可からず — Design
Never Lose Your Beginner's Spirit Design Vertical
初心忘る可からず — Semi-Cursive
Never Lose Your Beginner's Spirit Semi-Cursive Vertical