Bruce Lee

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, add what is essentially your own."

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

"The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be."

"In order to understand the world, one has to turn away for a moment from the world and contemplate it."

"Do not be confined by the limits others have set for you."

"When you are not fighting against something, you are not really trying."

"The key to success is to change your thinking."

"A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at."

"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life."

"The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement."

"I have not yet found a truly civilized person who does not worry."

"Understanding the self is more important than understanding the opponent."

"Do not think, feel. It is like a finger pointing away to the moon."

"Your body expresses your mind."

"Act without acting. Think without thinking."

"The path to freedom is not found in comfort."

"Patience is not passive. It is concentrated strength."

"Knowledge will give you power, but character will give you respect."

"The measure of a person is not how he acts in moments of comfort and convenience, but how he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

"Be true to yourself. Everyone else is already taken."

"The object of my techniques has always been to reach people emotionally."

"Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning."

"When you make a decision, you are really throwing yourself into the future."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

"Create an urgency to change. Stop waiting for the perfect moment."

"Before we accomplish anything, we must develop a true desire for it."

"A sudden enlightenment is usually nothing but an unconscious understanding."

"Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your perspective on the situation."

"Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?"