100 Famous Quotes by Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, and philosopher who is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of martial arts. He developed his own unique fighting style, known as Jeet Kune Do, which emphasized efficiency, flexibility, and adaptability. Lee's philosophy, which emphasized the importance of self-expression, self-knowledge, and personal growth, continues to inspire people around the world to this day. His legacy as a cultural icon and a martial arts pioneer remains as strong as ever. (Bruce Lee Biography).
Bruce Lee Famous Quotes
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. (Meaning)
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. (Meaning)
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. (Meaning)
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. (Meaning)
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. (Meaning)
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. (Meaning)
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. (Meaning)
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. (Meaning)
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. (Meaning)
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. (Meaning)
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. (Meaning)
As you think, so shall you become. (Meaning)
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. (Meaning)
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. (Meaning)
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. (Meaning)
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. (Meaning)
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. (Meaning)
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be. (Meaning)
Showing off is the fool's idea of glory. (Meaning)
Obey the principles without being bound by them. (Meaning)
The possession of anything begins in the mind. (Meaning)
Real living is living for others. (Meaning)
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick. (Meaning)
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. (Meaning)
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against. (Meaning)
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. (Meaning)
Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system. (Meaning)
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one (Meaning)
Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity. (Meaning)
In the middle of chaos lies opportunity. (Meaning)
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. (Meaning)
Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal. (Meaning)
Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. (Meaning)
Knowing is not enough, You must apply (Meaning)
Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end. (Meaning)
The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness. (Meaning)
Pain is weakness leaving your body. (Meaning)
Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. (Meaning)
Simplicity is the key to brilliance. (Meaning)
As you think, you shall become (Meaning)
Live a life worth remembering. (Meaning)
Your state of mind is everything. (Meaning)
Be happy, but never satisfied. (Meaning)
Be a practical dreamer backed by action. (Meaning)
Observe what is with undivided awareness. (Meaning)
Get maximum effect from minimum effort. (Meaning)
The meaning of life is that it is to be lived. (Meaning)
You will never get any more out of this life than you expect. (Meaning)
People fear what they do not understand. (Meaning)
The More we value things, the less we value ourselves (Meaning)
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. (Meaning)
Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today. (Meaning)
True refinement seeks simplicity. (Meaning)
Optimism is a faith that leads to success. (Meaning)
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. (Meaning)
Take what's useful, discard what is not. (Meaning)
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today. (Meaning)
Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow. (Meaning)
To change with change is the changeless state (Meaning)
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality. (Meaning)
Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation. (Meaning)
You need emotional content. (Meaning)
The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. (Meaning)
Learn it all, then forget it all. (Meaning)
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. (Meaning)
Boards don't hit back. (Meaning)
A man must constantly exceed his level (Meaning)
Running water never grows stale. (Meaning)
Be like water, my friend. (Meaning)
In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. (Meaning)
I fear not the man who has practiced 0,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 0,000 times.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
As you think, so shall you become.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
Obey the principles without being bound by them.
The possession of anything begins in the mind.
Real living is living for others.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.
You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.
To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
― Bruce Lee Quotes
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