Bruce Lee Quotes

Be water, my friend.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.

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

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

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

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

Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

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

The doubters said, ‘Man can not fly,’ The doers said, ‘Maybe, but we’ll try,’ And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from below.

Bruce Lee Quotes part 2

The more we value things, the less we value ourselves.

Simplicity is the key to brilliance.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

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

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

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

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

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

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

If you don’t want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

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.

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.

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.

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

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

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

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

If you don’t want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

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

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

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.

Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.

The more we value things, the less we value ourselves.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

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.

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

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.

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

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

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