Bruce Lee Quotes

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

Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation.

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

Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort.

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

How can there be methods and systems to arrive at something that is living? To that which is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way, a definite path, but not to that which is living. Do not reduce reality to a static thing and then invent methods to reach it. ...Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. It has no resting place, no form, no organized institution, no philosophy. When you see that, you will understand that this living thing is also what you are. You cannot express and be alive through static, put-together form, through stylized movement.

The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.

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

You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them.

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

The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead -- big possibilities. Like the song says, We've just begun.

Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it.

Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.

Flow in the living moment - We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed.

Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.

Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.

When finger point at moon, don't look at finger or you'll miss the moon.

Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead!

The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

I think of myself as a human being.

As long as we separate this oneness into two we won't achieve realization.

It's not what you give, it's the way you give it.

It is the man that has nothing to lose or is willing to lose everything to beat you that I am afraid of. If a man is willing to lose his life to bite off my nose then I don't care how good I am or what I do to him- he's gonna get my nose.

Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment.

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.

Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart.

I create opportunities.

Boards don't hit back.

Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.

The timeless moment. - The "moment" has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time.

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.

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

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

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

What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.

In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.

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

Believe me that in every big thing or achievement there are always obstacles-big or small- and the reaction one shows to such obstacles is what counts, not the obstacle itself.

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

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

We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

Learn it all, then forget it all.

If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.

It is true that the mental aspect of kung-fu is the desired end; however, to achieve this end, technical skill must come first.

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

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image

Its not what happens that counts...It's how you react.

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.

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.

Live a life worth remembering.

All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.

What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.

Either you understand or you don't, and that is that.