Mr. Lee Quotes

We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.

I believe in reincarnation. In my last life I was a peasant. Next time around, I'd like to be an eagle. Who hasn't dreamed they could fly? They're a protected species, too.

Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.

I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring upon them misfortune.

What Is, is more important than What Should Be.

If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

I.. Uh...What are you having?... Did you make some of those up

The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.

The symphonic orchestras have sponsors, people who give them endowments, and I think it should be the same way with jazz - because this is a national treasure.

The good life begins with Christ and ends with me. I need to stop following me and stop trying to make life all about me.

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.

I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.

Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering and tragedy that come because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful and abusive.

Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.

The Word of God tells us of the day when tears shall be gone forever. Until we come to that day, we move through this world in the midst of tears.

That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.

Because of styles people are separated. Research your own experience, absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own.

Memory is sweet. Even when it’s painful, memory is sweet.

One day Jesus is going to come back and reign with perfect justice. There will be no questions about what's happened. There will be perfect justice and I look forward to that day.

One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.

I refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.

All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.

A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

Always dress like you're going to see your worst enemy.

As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.

A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

But you can't just sit around the fireplace and sip Cokes and eat pretzels and get an attitude of confidence. You have to put in hard work.

There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because we cannot put on clothes that don't fit us.

Training for strength and flexibility is a must. You must use it to support your techniques. Techniques alone are no good if you don't support them with strength and flexibility.

I like words. Words are places, rooms, distant airs, thin and tropical. They make us feel and imagine we are more than our bodies.

Optimism is a faith that leads to success.

It is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky..but to express oneself honestly not lying to oneself, now that my friend is very hard to do

Doubts can produce positive side-effects - if you work toward resolving them.

If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.

I love music. For me, music is morning coffee. It's mood medicine. It's pure magic. A good song is like a good meal-I just want to inhale it and then share a bite with someone else.

My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live!

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world.

Sachin Tendulkar the best yesterday, today and forever

When you come close to selling out, reconsider.

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

Adversity is the true school of the mind.

A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off.

Bring the mind to a sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere.

When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily.

If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you'll get a rough picture of what life in a corporation is like.

My personality is that I'm a human being like everybody else, just a citizen and a blue collar guy.

Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow.

Seek freedom from the conformity of styles

You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.