Bruce Lee’s Best & Famous Quotes
Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973), a revered martial artist, actor and filmmaker known for movies like 'Fists of Fury' and 'Enter the Dragon,' and the technique Jeet Kune Do, was born born Lee Jun Fan, in San Francisco, California. He is the most influential person of the century, who’s quotes are most inspirational and motivating for mankind.
"In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature."
"Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick."
"The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating though habits."
"The possession of anything begins in the mind."
"Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality."
"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."
"Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can."
"The doubters said, "Man can not fly." The doers said, "Maybe, but we'll try." And finally soared in the morning glow while non-believers watched from below."
"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."
"Don't pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."
"Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate."
"Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible. It is being "wholly" and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come."
"Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged."
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."
"It's not what you give, it's the way you give it."
"Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end."
"For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime."
"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."
"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."
"Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student."
"Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own."
"Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light."
"If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you."
"It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, "Why am I being knocked down?" If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person."
"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal."
"If you always put limits 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."
"In the middle of chaos lies opportunity."
"What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become."
"The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action."
"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."
"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of."
"Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence."
"Classical methods and tradition make the mind a slave - you are no longer an individual, but merely a product. Your mind is the result of a thousand yesterdays."
"Quality, man, quality. If quality is right, then everything is right."
"Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail."
"Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind."
"Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere."
"The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself."
"A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard."
"Practical dreamer never quit."
"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
"Be flexible so you can change with change. Empty yourself! Open up!"
"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."
"What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately BECOME."
"We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness."
"Success means doing something sincerely and whole heartedly."
"Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."
"It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow man."
"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."
"Be happy, but never satisfied."
Bruce asked me, "Leo, what in the hell are you training in so many styles for?" I said, "Bruce, I'm looking for the ultimate, man."
Bruce put his finger on my chest and pushed it and said, "Man, there is no ultimate, the ultimate is right in there (inside of you)." - Leo Fong
"If I say that 'everyone under the sun is a member of a universal family', you may think that I am bluffing and idealistic. But if anyone still believes in racial differences, I think he is too backward and narrow. Perhaps he still does not understand man's equality and love."
"The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits."
"Be in relationship. You are not working or living in a bubble. You are part of a team, part of an environment. Relate actively to your work, to your coworkers, to yourself. Treat others with respect. Take care of your side of the relationship. Have care of the humans around you and the human who makes this all possible."
"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves."
"Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged."
"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."
"If you always put limits 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."
"I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude."
"Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality."
"He who wants to succeed should learn how to fight, to strive and to suffer. You can acquire a lot in life, if you are prepared to give up a lot to get it."
"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."
“Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible. It is being “wholly” and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.”
"We are always in the process of becoming and nothing is fixed.
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Have no rigid system in you and you'll be flexible to change with the ever-changing.
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Open yourself and flow at once with the total flowing now."
"The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style.
He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man."
"A struggle of any nature can never be settled satisfactorily until the absolute fact is touched. Where neither opponent can affect the other - not neutrality, not indifference, but TRANSCENDENCE is the thing needed."
"We tend to have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We often feel that we cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its roots in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone: we are not alone when we imitate."
"Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
"Keep Blasting! Because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not."
"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."
"Running water never gets old, so you just gotta keep floating."
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