Great Bruce Lee Quotes (130 quotes)

Bruce Lee is a famous martial artist, Hong Kong and American film actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. He can rightfully be called a legendary man, who, thanks to his skills, has gained a huge number of followers around the world. Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco. Death occurred on July 20, 1973; this event came as a shock to all of Hong Kong, as well as fans of the star around the world. We have collected the greatest Bruce Lee quotes for you.

I'm not afraid of someone who studies 10,000 different strikes. I'm afraid of the one who studies one blow 10,000 times.

Fuck the circumstances. I create opportunities.

You can always forgive yourself for mistakes if you only have the courage to admit them.

Only constant and conscientious training will ensure a long and happy life in martial arts.

I consider myself a master-apprentice. Having knowledge and experience, I still continue to learn and grow on myself.

If you are criticized, it means you are doing everything right. Because people attack anyone with a brain.

When some big guy attacks you, instead of reacting to his ego, teach him to respond to yours. You should think to yourself, “How grateful I am that such a wonderful goal with great opportunity is now presented to me.” Do not think that your opponent can harm you, but enjoy the defeat that you are going to inflict on him, if he has already done you such a favor. I call it the fighting spirit.

It doesn't matter how slowly you go, the main thing is that you don't stop.

Be gentle, but not submissive. Be firm, but not cruel.

Simplicity is the highest level of art.

A person is capable of more. The fact is that people live using only a small percentage of what they are capable of: - a person does not allow himself to open up and be completely himself; — society does not allow a person to be completely himself.

Speak only to follow what is said.

You will never get more out of life than you expect. Focus your thoughts on what you want and what you don't. Be a calm witness to what is happening inside you. No one can hurt you until you allow them. Inside yourself, on a psychological level, be nobody.

Money has no meaning. They are just a tool to get what you want. And it is very important to understand what you can get with their help and what you cannot. My father always told me that you need to be prepared for the fact that next year you may earn less than this...

A good teacher protects students from his influence.

The real violence is the carnage happening in Vietnam.

Defeat is not defeat unless you recognize it as such in your mind.

The goal does not have to be achieved. Sometimes it's just a direction to move on.

A wise man can get more out of a stupid question than a fool can get out of a wise answer.

Don't ask for an easy life. Ask for strength to cope with difficult things.

Happy is not the one who has everything best, but the one who gets the best out of what he has.

A creative person creates himself. This is always more important than an established style or system.

Only the one who does will learn something!

Knowledge is useless if it is not applied. And to achieve a goal, desire alone is not enough; you also need to act.

True friends are like diamonds - precious and rare. False friends are like autumn leaves - they are everywhere.

I'm just a martial artist.

Empty heads have long tongues.

Study everyone you come into contact with.

A good fighter is not the one who is tense, but the one who is ready. He doesn't think or dream, he's ready for anything that might happen.

I'm learning to understand instead of judging. I can't blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach.

Love is like friendship on fire. At the beginning, the flame is enchantingly beautiful, often scorching and dazzling, but still light and unstable. As love grows older, our hearts mature, and our love is like embers: burning from the very depths and unquenchable.

Gentleness cannot be broken.

A quick temper will soon make a fool of you.

To believe in something is to experience it. A full belly will not believe in the existence of hunger.

Become water and you will be very strong. It is amorphous and shapeless in itself; it easily takes the shape of any vessel into which it falls. It can flow, irrigate and give life, or it can destroy everything in its path in one crushing stream. Water always achieves its goal, but at the same time always remains itself.

Freedom opens up to a person at the moment when he does not care what impression he should make.

The teacher does not reveal the truth, he is a guide to the truth, which each student must discover for himself. A good teacher is just a catalyst.

Remember: even the strongest tree is easier to break than bamboo or willow shoots bending in the wind.

My choice is martial arts, my profession is actor. My main role is as an artist of life.

You have to BE the workout instead of DO the workout. You should be free. Instead of complexity of form, there should be simplicity of expression.

My main enemy is myself.

The worst opponent you can face is one who is determined and has a clear understanding of his goal. For example, if such a person is determined to bite off your nose, he has a fairly high chance of doing so.

Spontaneity always wins in battle. Cramming always loses.

Memories are the only paradise from which we cannot be expelled. Pleasure is a flower that will soon wither, but memory is the smell of a flower that remains for a long time. Memories last longer than anything else in life. For many years I remember the tree at the time of flowering, but not its fruits.

You can't win a fight with one blow. Either learn to tolerate insults or hire a bodyguard. Forget about victories and defeats, forget about pride and pain. If your opponent scratches you, hit him. If your opponent hits you, break his arm. If your opponent breaks your arm, take his life. Don't think about leaving the battle intact. Be ready to sacrifice everything. Even life.

Truth has no path. Truth is alive, therefore changeable.

Move like water. Freeze like a mirror. Answer like an echo.

A person who believes that he, having reached the pinnacle of his craft, is a “master” is worth nothing. There is always something to learn and something to strive for.

Discipline is not a restriction of freedom. This is cutting off everything unnecessary.

Don't think, feel! It's like pointing your finger at the moon. Don't concentrate on your finger, or you'll miss this divine beauty.

When water is poured into a cup, it becomes the cup. When water is poured into a teapot, it becomes a teapot. When water is poured into a bottle, it becomes a bottle. Water can flow, or it can destroy. Be water, my friend.

At all times, the end of heroes was the same as the end of ordinary people. They all died, and memories of them gradually faded from people's memories. But while we are alive, we must understand ourselves, understand ourselves and express ourselves.

It doesn't matter what you give, it matters how you give.

If I tell you that I'm a great guy, you'll think I'm bragging. If I tell you that I am worthless, you will know that I am lying.

Use only what really works. And take it from wherever you can find it.

Once upon a time there lived a butcher, and he had a knife that remained perfectly sharp year after year. When a butcher was asked how he managed to keep the blade in this condition, he answered: “I follow the lines of the bone. I'm not trying to cut it, break it, or generally resist it in any way. It will only ruin the knife." In life you need to go along obstacles. If you try to overcome them, it will only do harm.

We must come to terms with the possibility of death. Once you stop dreaming about eternal spring, then both summer and winter will bring happiness.

Don't forget, my friend, that life is too short to accumulate negative energy. Therefore, have fun planning something and achieving your goals.

The more complex the method, the less freedom. By adhering to methods and rules, we create limitations for ourselves. If someone grabs you, hit you. All these advanced techniques are not functional.

I'm learning to understand instead of judging. I can't blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach.

If you love life, do not waste time - time is what life is made of.

Get all the great teachers together in one room and they will agree on everything. Gather their disciples together and they will argue with each other on everything.

Posturing and showing off - the vision of glory for weaklings.

I'm sure of only one thing: I can't sing. Although I usually tell everyone what a rich voice I have.

If you don't want to stumble tomorrow, tell the truth today.

An American is like an oak tree, it stands firmly on the ground, does not bend in the wind, and if the wind blows stronger, it breaks. Eastern man is like bamboo, he bends in the wind, but then straightens out and becomes even stronger than before.

Emptiness is what is between “this” and “that”. Emptiness embraces everything, it has no opposite, there is nothing that it does not include or oppose. Because it is a living emptiness. And the one who represents emptiness is filled with life, strength and love for all things.

If you always set limits on what you can do, physical or otherwise, it will extend throughout your life. It will spread to your work, to your whole being. There are no boundaries.

Life is a process of perpetual motion, and somewhere along the way some very big trouble may suddenly pop up - it can leave a scar. But the stream of life moves forward like running water, and if it stops somewhere, it becomes stale. Move forward boldly, because every experience means a lesson for us.

Nothing exists except here and now!

Cinema is a combination of commercial creativity and creative commerce.

An ordinary person is a collection of routines, ideas and traditions. If you follow this path, you will learn routines, ideas, and traditions - your shadow. You don't know yourself.

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

What does not exist cannot be locked away.

Knowledge is not enough, application is necessary. Desire is not enough, action is necessary.

If there is a God, then he is inside us. You are not asking God to give you something, you are depending on God in your inner being.

Knowledge is not enough, you must apply it. Desire is not enough, you have to do.

I am not a teacher. I'm just helping you study yourself.

The more complex the method, the less freedom. By adhering to methods and rules, we create limitations for ourselves. If someone grabs you, hit you. All these advanced techniques are non-functional.

Eastern people say: “Be more flexible. During life a person is soft and flexible, death makes him hard.” This applies to the body, mind and soul.

Western education is good for one thing, Eastern education for another. You can say: “It’s better to do some things with this finger, and others with this finger.” But the whole hand is better anyway.

About human nature. A person is an organism that needs to eat, sleep, maintain physical shape and reproduce its own kind. Man is also a being who can feel and create.

When thinking about life, do not forget about death. I don’t know what “death” means, but I’m not afraid to die, because I will continue to exist, move forward (along with life). Even if I, Bruce Lee, someday die without realizing all my aspirations, I will not regret it. I did what I wanted, what I did sincerely, completely devoting myself to this matter. You can't expect more from life.

If you think about something that it is impossible, then you thereby make it impossible.

Don't use any methods as methods, don't have any boundaries as boundaries.

Realize that you are not “living for anything,” but simply “living.”

Listen. Can you hear the wind? Can you hear the birds singing? This needs to be LISTENED. Stop thinking. Do you know how water fills a cup? It TAKES THE SHAPE of this cup. You don't have to think about anything. You have to become NOTHING.

The law of unity with nature is the basic principle of the teachings of Taoism, which states that one must be in harmony and not oppose the basic laws of the Universe. Follow the natural nature of things and do not interfere. Never make claims to Nature and do not oppose yourself to it. Manage it by following its laws.

It is necessary to independently seek the true path so as not to depend on anyone’s point of view or any book.

An ordinary person is a collection of routines, ideas and traditions. If you follow this path, you will learn routines, ideas, and traditions - your shadow. You don't know yourself.

It is useless to argue what attracts you more: one leaf, or the structure of the stem, or the beauty of the flower. Look at the root and you will appreciate the beauty of a blooming flower.

It must be remembered that violence is an integral part of everyday life. There is a lot of violence shown on television. You can't pretend it doesn't exist.

We invent our own problems, obstacles, complexes and frameworks. Free yourself, breathe life and realize that you can do anything.

Don't try to be a mountain of muscles. Brute physical strength will not defeat speed and endurance.

To learn to live now, you need to forget everything that happened yesterday. Don't stop forgetting what you gain with every new experience. In a state of perception, you should not be faced with the problem of choice, since you need to be aware of what IS.

Reality is being yourself. To become yourself, you have to be yourself. Reality into being, into the being of things. Thus, being in this sense is having freedom in the original sense of the word, that is, when it is not limited by attachments, rules, biased and confused points of view.

Revolutionize your mind.

Only a self-sufficient person stands alone; the majority follows the crowd and imitates it.

You will continue to suffer if you continue to react emotionally to everything that is said to you. True strength is to sit back and observe it all with logic. If words control you, it means anyone can control you. Breathe out and let these things pass by.

Nothing exists except here and now.

The truth lies behind all the patterns.

Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.

Before studying martial arts, a punch was just a punch to me, and a kick was just a kick. After studying martial arts, a punch is no longer a punch, and a kick is no longer a kick. Now that I understand martial art, a punch is just a punch, a kick is just a kick.

Take this stance to keep your potential strike a secret.

I don't believe in God to find me.

Time means a lot to me as I am constantly learning and often get lost in the joy of always moving forward and simplifying my life. If you love life, then don't waste time, because time is what life is made of.

I went from my imaginary self to my real self.

Success accompanies those whose consciousness is tuned to achieving success. Yes, if you don’t strive to find what you dream of, why the hell should you expect it to come to you on its own!

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

Freedom opens its arms to a person at the moment when he stops caring about what impression he makes, or can make, on anyone.

Always be yourself, express yourself, believe in yourself, don’t look for examples of successful people whom you could imitate in everything.

By recognizing that my emotions can be both positive and negative, I will develop the habit of experiencing more positive emotions and help myself transform negative ones into some useful activity.

Living under a mask is pointless. There is no point in maintaining a mask, acting as prescribed, but inside experiencing something completely different. Be yourself and it will be easier for you to establish relationships. Self-acceptance leads to change.

Recognizing willpower as the supreme court of all departments of my mind, I will use it daily when I need a push to take action for any purpose; and I will develop the habit of using willpower at least once a day.

Instead of grasping for tips, look for the root of true knowledge. It gives a “feeling of the body” and the possibility of self-expression, and the “tops” are just soulless shoots. They drive people into boundaries and suppress creative impulses.

Of course, knowledge is related to time, but cognition is not. Knowledge stems from a source, from accumulation, from conclusion, and knowledge is movement.

If you always set limits on what you can do, physical or otherwise, you might as well be dead. This will extend to work, to morals, to life. There are no boundaries, only horizontal areas of stabilization. But you can’t stay on them, you need to go beyond them. If it kills, it will kill.

When I look around I always learn something and it's all about always being myself, expressing myself and believing in myself. Don't look for a successful person to imitate.

Freedom opens its arms to a person the moment he stops caring about what impression he makes or can make on anyone.

Life is just a fleeting moment if its days are not filled with dreams.

If I knew the reason for my ignorance, I would be a wise man.

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

Something for something - nothing comes for free.

Always think about what you want; and don’t think about what you don’t want!

I don't want to do anything halfway. Everything I do must be perfect.

When there is no mind, we look and do not see, we hear and do not understand, we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat.

Hitting boards and bricks is nonsense for suckers. The board will never give back.

People attack anyone with a brain.

Any type of knowledge is a path to self-knowledge.

The proof that you are a man lies in your heart, not in the number of hairs on your head.

I'm not afraid of someone who studies 10 thousand different strokes

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I'm not afraid of someone who studies 10,000 different strikes. I'm afraid of the one who studies one blow 10,000 times.

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Take this stance to keep your potential strike a secret.

I don't believe I can't win. Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee is the founder of Jeet Kune Do, martial artist, film actor, screenwriter, producer, philosopher, or simply a Legend! His name has become a household name, he is admired, loved, remembered and imitated.