Bruce Lee Quotes



       “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one” 
- Bruce Lee

       “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
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       “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.” 
- Bruce Lee

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

       “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

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

       “Be happy, but never satisfied.” 
- Bruce Lee

        “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” 
- Bruce Lee

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

       “If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” 
- Bruce Lee

        “Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.” 
- Bruce Lee

        “It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.” 
- Bruce Lee

        “The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.” 
- Bruce Lee

        “Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.” 
- 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

       “Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.” 
- Bruce Lee

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

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

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

        “Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.” 
- Bruce Lee

        “Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.”
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        “The More we value things, the less we value ourselves” 
- Bruce Lee

       “If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “Real living is living for others.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. ” 
- Bruce Lee

       “The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.” 
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       “Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.” 
- Bruce Lee

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

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

       “As you think, so shall you become.” 
- Bruce Lee

       “Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.”
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      “Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot” 
- Bruce Lee

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