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Bruce Lee Quotes - Page 14

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Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.

Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.

Inspirational, Life, Borders

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.184, Tuttle Publishing

Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he stops growing

Men, Ideas, Way

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.61, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Dream, Positivity, Power

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.377, Tuttle Publishing

Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.

Powerful, Learning, Knowing

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.40, Tuttle Publishing

Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.

Giving Up, Thinking, Technique

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art”, p.78, Tuttle Publishing

To see is to be decieved. To hear is to be lied to. To FEEL is to believe.

Believe, Lied, Feels

In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes.

Technique, Spontaneity, Combat

The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs its native fluidity.

Moving, Mind, Stopping

The unfolding of the bare human soul...that is what interests me.

Soul, Unfolding, Interest

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.239, Tuttle Publishing

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.

Artist, Doe, Mastery

"Fictional character: Lee". "Enter the Dragon", www.imdb.com. 1973.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Inspirational, Inspiring, Powerful

Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

Willing is not enough, one must apply.

Enough, Willing

I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.

Memories, Past, Treasure

There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power -- God, history, fate, nation, or humanity.

Strong, Powerful, Responsibility

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.240, Tuttle Publishing

I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times.

Practice, Not Afraid, Kicks

The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both. I mean here is natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. Not if you have one to the extreme, you'll be very unscientific. If you have another to the extreme, you become, all of a sudden, a mechanical man No longer a human being. It is a successful combination of both. That way it is a process of continuing growth.

Mean, Successful, Men

Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

Inspirational, Inspiring, Moon

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.92, Tuttle Publishing

Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. Learn, master, and achieve.

Inspirational, Growth, Mold

There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its simplicity. Every movement in Jeet Kune-Do is being so of itself. There is nothing artificial about it. I always believe that the easy way is the right way.

Lying, Believe, Simple

Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible.

Dream, Thinking, Mma

Either you understand or you don't, and that is that.

Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain

Pain, Fighting, Pride

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.192, Tuttle Publishing

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.

Art, Flower, Roots

Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

Boards don't hit back.

Boards, Martial Arts

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.38, Tuttle Publishing

Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!

Life, Pain, Fighting

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.192, Tuttle Publishing

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