BRUCE LEE QUOTES II

Hong Kong American martial artist & actor (1940-1973)

Possession of anything begins in the mind.

BRUCE LEE

Tao of Jeet Kune Do

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Obey the principles without being bound by them.

BRUCE LEE

Bruce Lee: Artist of Life


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

attributed, Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew

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To tolerate is to insult.

BRUCE LEE

Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way

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Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.

BRUCE LEE

Tao of Jeet Kune Do


There are too many stars and too few actors.

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

Tags: actors


The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.

BRUCE LEE

Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way


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

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living


Under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family. It just so happens that people are different.

BRUCE LEE

Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview, 1971


Awareness has no frontier; it is giving of your whole being, without exclusion.

BRUCE LEE

Tao of Jeet Kune Do


What can you take from me which is not already yours?

BRUCE LEE

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee


My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.

BRUCE LEE

Enter the Dragon


If a man has decided that he is going to bite off your nose no matter what happens to him in the process, the chances are he will succeed in doing it. He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter.

BRUCE LEE

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee


All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge.

BRUCE LEE

Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview, 1971

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Walk on.

BRUCE LEE

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee

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

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small man. A right way for someone who is slow may not be a right way for someone who is quick. Each person must understand his weaknesses and his strengths.

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible.

BRUCE LEE

Tao of Jeet Kune Do