"It is better to live as a..." - Quote by Bruce Lee
It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay.
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“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.”
“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.”
“A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.”
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“Foolish, whenever you take the meanness and formality of that thing you do, instead of converting it into the obedient spiracle ofyour character and aims.”
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”
“I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it.”
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“The best place for a leader isn't always at the top position. It is the place where they can serve the best and add the most value to other people.”
“Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling, and on the empty space within, its use depends. Thus, while the existence of things may be good, it is the non-existence in them that makes them serviceable.”
“Never lose a holy curiosity. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.”