Bruce Lee quotes

 quotes - A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”

— Bruce Lee

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

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

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

“Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.”

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - Obey the principles without being bound by them.

“Obey the principles without being bound by them.”

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - <p>A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.</p>

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”

— Bruce Lee

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

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

— Bruce Lee

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

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

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

“It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

“I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.”

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - As you think, so shall you become.

“As you think, so shall you become.”

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

“Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.”

— Bruce Lee

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

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

— Bruce Lee

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

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

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”

— Bruce Lee

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

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

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - Real living is living for others.

“Real living is living for others.”

— Bruce Lee

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

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

— Bruce Lee

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

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

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - The possession of anything begins in the mind.

“The possession of anything begins in the mind.”

— Bruce Lee

 quotes - You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

“You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.”

— Bruce Lee

“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 as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.”

— Bruce Lee

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

— Bruce Lee

“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

“Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.”

— Bruce Lee

“To hell with circumstances, I create opportunities.”

— Bruce Lee

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

— Bruce Lee

“To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.”

— Bruce Lee