Bruce Lee Quotes

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

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

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

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

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

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 past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

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

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

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

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

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

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.

Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.

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

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

Every man today is the result of his thoughts yesterday.

Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.

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

One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.

He who wants to succeed should learn how to fight, to strive and to suffer. You can acquire a lot in life, if you are prepared to give up a lot to get it.

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Your state of mind is everything.

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

When you say that something is impossible, you have made it impossible.

The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

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

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

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

Anxiety is the gap between the NOW and the THEN. So if you are in the NOW, you can't be anxious, because your excitement flows immediately into ongoing spontaneous activity.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

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

Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady.

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

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

When you feel pain, you know that you are still alive.

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

True refinement seeks simplicity.

Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself.

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

Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.

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

Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups.

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