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Bruce Lee Quotes - Page 8

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We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create

We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create

Standing Alone, Certitude

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

An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion.

Believe, Intelligent, Mind

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.36, Tuttle Publishing

Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

Power, Endurance, Speed

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

Art, Empty Mind, Dying

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.25, Tuttle Publishing

Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.

Looks, Causes, Situation

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

A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

Men, Self, Growth

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.89, Tuttle Publishing

When one has no form, one can be all forms.

Mma, Form

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.121, Tuttle Publishing

Get maximum effect from minimum effort.

Effort, Minimum, Maximum

Observe what is with undivided awareness.

Creativity, Innovation, Awareness

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

As you think, so shall you become.

Inspirational, Motivational, Learning

"Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living" edited by John Little, (p. 120), 2000.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.

Meaning Of Life, Life Is

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.3, Tuttle Publishing

If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.

Light, Darkness, Rhythm

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.78, Tuttle Publishing

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.

Men, Thinking, Weakness

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.180, Tuttle Publishing

One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.

Simple, Goal, Use

Evaluation by others is not a guide for me.

Evaluation, Guides

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.380, Tuttle Publishing

Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.

Exercise, Mind, Needs

We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement, which is something I experience every day - sometimes good, sometimes frustrating. No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.

Light, Darkness, Matter

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.233, Tuttle Publishing

You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them.

Opportunity, Luck, Advantage

Bruce Lee, John R. Little (2000). “Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.125, Tuttle Publishing

To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else.

Responsibility, Action, Taking Responsibility

Life is an ever-flowing process and somewhere on the path some unpleasant things will pop up - it might leave a scar, but then life is flowing, and like running water, when it stops it grows stale. Go bravely on, my friend, because each experience teaches us a lesson. Keep blasting because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not.

Motivational, Running, Nice

Bruce Lee, John R. Little (1997). “Words of the Dragon: Interviews, 1958-1973”, p.75, Tuttle Publishing

Genius: The capacity to see and to express what is simple, simply!

Simple, Genius, Capacity

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

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowled

Happiness, Self, Games

Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself.

Old Habits, Focus, Mind

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.39, Tuttle Publishing

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

Motivational, Powerful, Order

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.180, Tuttle Publishing

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

Inspirational, Motivation, Attitude

Bruce Lee, John Little (1997). “Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way”, Tuttle Publishing

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