Bruce Lee

Martial Artist and Actor Hong Kong-American 1940 – 1973

Legendary martial artist who revolutionized action cinema.

381 quotes

"The truth is always an insult or a revelation."
Truth
"Your body can close its doors, but not your mind."
Imagination
"The key to great power is learning how to deal with resistance."
Power
"To become aware of one's thoughts is the first step of inner freedom."
Freedom
"The highest state of martial arts is 'no mind.'"
Art
"What is your opinion of the world?"
Philosophy
"Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it."
Perseverance
"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."
Courage
"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."
Motivation
"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."
Life
"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
Wisdom
"Love is like a friendship caught on fire."
Love
"The moment is here and it is now."
Time
"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."
Wisdom
"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made of."
Time
"Take things as they are. Strike when the time comes."
Philosophy
"A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at."
Success
"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system."
Freedom
"Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are weeds that strangle confidence."
Strength
"The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat."
Philosophy
"In the middle of chaos lies opportunity."
Change
"Your body achieves what your mind believes."
Health
"The remedy for ignorance is education, not argument."
Education
"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."
Perseverance
"Real living is living for others; sacrifice is noble only when it is a living sacrifice."
Kindness
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
Knowledge
"Be formless, shapeless, like water."
Nature
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."
Education
"Art lives where absolute freedom is."
Art
"To understand a friend is to accept them as they truly are, flaws and all."
Friendship