Bruce Lee Quotes

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.

It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay.

To tell the truth, I could beat anybody in the world.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Genius: The capacity to see and to express what is simple, simply!

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.

When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity.

If you want to be immortal live a life worth remembering

Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.

I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.

Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.

Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.

I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself.

We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other.

Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us.

Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain

Observe what is with undivided awareness.

Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact.

All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.

You will never get any more out of this life than you expect.

To live is to express oneself freely

The unfolding of the bare human soul...that is what interests me.

You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.

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.

In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction.

Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.

If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help.

A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.

Be a practical dreamer backed by action.

Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead!

In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes.

Learn it all, then forget it all.

If I should die tomorrow, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do. You can't expect more from life.

The point is the doing of them rather than the accomplishments . There is no actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience.

I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized.

Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.

To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do.

Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.

Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression.

The moment is freedom. — I couldn’t live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them.