“Self-actualization is the important thing. And my personal message to people is that I hope they will go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization. I hope that they will search within themselves for honest self-expression. — Bruce Lee”
―
Bruce Lee
“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
―
Bruce Lee
“...good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge?...to put the heart of martial arts inyour own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension and the use of a free style. When you have that you will know that there are no limits.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for a difficult on with the strength to endure it.”
―
Bruce Lee
“To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.”
―
Bruce Lee
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing you will never get it done”
―
Bruce Lee
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”
―
Bruce Lee
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.”
―
Bruce Lee
“All I can tell you is that at the end, there's nothing left but love.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”
―
Bruce Lee
“Pliability is life; rigidity is death, whether one speaks of man’s body, his mind, or his spirit.”
―
Bruce Lee
“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.”
―
Bruce Lee
