Bruce Lee Quotes
Bruce Lee Quotations
Bruce Lee is most commonly known as the American-born martial artist who was raised in Hong Kong, China and later became a Hollywood legend. However, there are many who also appreciate Bruce Lee as philosopher and instructor. The Bruce Lee quotes featured in this page provide a unique insight into the mind of what some consider the most influential martial artist of the 20th century. These Bruce Lee quotations were kindly donated by a frequent QuotesandSayings.com visitor.
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless--like water.
Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup,
You put water into a bottle, 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."- Bruce Lee
"When the opponent expand, I contract,
When he contracts, I expand,
And when there is an opportunity,
I do not hit--it hits all by itself."- Bruce Lee
"As long as we separate this "oneness" into two, we won't achieve realisation."
- Bruce Lee
"Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come."
- Bruce Lee
"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of."
- Bruce Lee (paraphrase of a quote by B. Franklin)
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
- Bruce Lee (Attributed to 19th century German writer Johann Goethe)
"A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence."
- Bruce Lee
"True refinement seeks simplicity."
- Bruce Lee
"Ideas are the beginning of all achievement."
- Bruce Lee
"If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that."
- Bruce Lee
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as
something to aim at."- Bruce Lee
"One great cause of failure is lack of concentration."
- Bruce Lee
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