Bruce Lee Quotes to Identify Your Strength

Bruce Lee is a multi-talented American Hong Konger who was an actor, producer and martial artist. His achievement is endless, and till date, he is remembered for his stunning smile and breathtaking stunts. He also ventured into the discipline of Philosophy and Poetry. He started from scratch as a student at the University of Washington and was one of the well-read students. The following are a few Bruce Lee quotes he penned down because of the impact philosophy had on him.

Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.   

Water is one of the most flexible elements in our world which takes different kinds of form. It doesn’t have a form for itself and takes the form of the container it is stored. Just like water, we too have to be flexible and adaptable to situations and react accordingly. 

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

We live in a hectic life, and there is so much going in it. The confusion, chaos we live at times is very stressful, and we never see the silver lining in it. People who are very talented and think will find the chance amidst the chaos. 

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.

Procrastination, over-thinking and spending too much time on a thing will not make it happen. One has to put the respective efforts, plan according and take the steps at the right time. Overthinking will not bring a person success.

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

As humans, everyone has goals in their life, and they want to achieve it at a certain age. A goal cannot be attained in a single day as it will require a lot of efforts. We must make sure we take at least one effort per day, which will be sufficient enough to reach the goal.   

Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.

We tend to fall deep into the path of darkness which will lead to depression, toxic behaviour, and addictive disorders. When we have such characteristics, we should be aware enough to identify it and remove them which will pave the way to a healthy life.

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 coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Bruce Lee very beautifully attributes fire imagery to two types of relationship, namely, love and friendship. Friendship is almost like the first step of love, and things progress from there. As friendships are bond, then it is formed into love.

Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence– drop them.

Spirituality is a belief system in which we manifest things, people, and situations through our thought which is usually filled with negative emotions. If we make it a point, not to fill our minds with worries and doubts, we will not have any of it in real life. 

The word ‘superstar’ is an illusion.

We all move in our life towards a goal and at some point in our life, we wanted to be a superstar. Superstar refers to someone very successful, happy, and wealthy, and everyone will like them. The idea of “superstar” is artificial and doesn’t exist in reality. 

Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence.

Negative emotions which are created due to procrastination and over-thinking can kill every inch of positive vibes including happiness, positivity and above all, confidence. Therefore try not to fill your mind with negative thoughts.         

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualised and squeezed into a pattern of systems.     

In a very fast-paced life, we keep running after materialistic aspects like money, valuable gems and a posh lifestyle and achieving it there is a pattern of lifestyle from education, work etc. This monotonous routine seems to remove the point of life and sucks it out of you.

A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.

Bruce Lee, as we know, is a martial artist and he performs several stunts and fights with several people in movies. Generally in life, we fight several fights both physically and metaphorically. Therefore, we must learn to face it confidently. Or else the other things we can hire a bodyguard.

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It is like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

The finger here in this quote refers to the pathway we all travel when we have a goal to attain. The moon here refers to the ultimate goal. We must never forget to enjoy the path in which you travel to reach the goal when we just keep focusing on the goal.

Mistakes are always forgivable if one dares to admit them.     

As a human being, it is a common tendency to commit mistakes in different places with different people. Every mistake and the person who commits a mistake deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness can be given only when the person admits it. 

Real living is living for others.

We live in a world where we are egoistic and our priority is yourself. We consider that as an ambition. However, that is not the point of life. We must live for people who care for us and love us completely. For example, our parents, siblings, friends and co-partners. 

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

Living in a fast-paced life makes one will realise how essential time is and how important time management is. If a person is aware of it, they will understand that there is so much to learn but less time to learn and develop their skill set.

If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

As a human being, there are hardly a few things there are capable of controlling in the single life we have. Time is one of them, and if one loves their life, they will want to make the best out of it. They will master the idea of time management in a very short time. 

“What is” is more important than ‘what should be.’ Too many people are looking at ‘what is’ from a position of thinking ‘what should be’”

Born and brought up in a culture we always have a set of ideals which we must stick to; we tend to concentrate on what we are supposed to have. We do not celebrate what we have and we are never grateful for what we have. Some people look at it in a vice versa which is wrong too. 

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

There is nothing in this world as strong as our knowledge, and it has the capacity of getting anything one wants in this world. It will gain one material wealth, money and power in some cases. However, a person’s character will only get them the respect they deserve.

Having no limitation as limitation.

There are many limitations put on humans since the time of birth. Right from childhood till we die there are several restrictions in certain lifestyles, parenting styles and sometimes in families too. Few people do not have limitations. However, morals do control us as a limitation.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Immortality is a concept which is present since forever, and people in power like kings, politicians always want to feel immortal. According to Bruce Lee, anyone can be immortal if they live a life which is worth living. 

Overall, these are a few quotes which were propagated by Bruce Lee. There are many categories like Bruce Lee quotes on strength, funny Bruce Lee quotes, Bruce Lee quotes and sayings, Bruce Lee quotes on fear etc. which can be found online and savoured! 

Best Bruce Lee Quotes of All time

Below is the list of famous Bruce Lee quotes:

Bruce Lee Quotes About Life

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

In Life There are No Limits, Only Plateaus.

Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for a difficult on with the strength to endure it.

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.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.

Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.

Life is better lived than conceptualized. This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I’ve come to understand that life is best to be lived — not to be conceptualized. If you have to think, you still do not understand.

Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely – lay your life before him!!

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.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.

Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it.

Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go..

Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. 

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a pattern of systems.  

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.

Bruce Lee Quotes on Success

Here are some of the best bruce lee quotes about Success:

1. The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

2. Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

3. Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success

Bruce Lee Quotes on Water

Checkout these bruce lee quotes about water:

Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.   

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Be water, my friend.

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. 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.

Running water never grows stale. So you just have to 'keep on flowing.'

Be Water, My Friend.
Empty your mind.
Be formless, shapeless, like water.
You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup.
You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow or it can crash.
Be water, my friend

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Co-author:  Akshaya Saravana Kumar

Akshaya is currently pursuing Masters in English Literature. She is an avid reader, an animal lover and a movie freak. She loves to spend her past time travelling to strange places in different time zones with her imagination and fall in love with fictional characters.