Quotes from Bruce Lee

The doubters said, "Man can not fly," The doers said, "Maybe, but we'll try," And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from below.

Every morning like a scholar at his first class I prepare a blank mind for the day to write upon.

It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.

Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.

Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment.

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

Meditation means to be free from all phenomena and calmness means to be internally unperturbed. There will be calmness when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.

I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed.

Taoist philosophy is essentially monistic. Matter and energy, Yang and Yin, heaven and earth, are conceived of as essentially one or as two coexistent poles of one indivisible whole.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Be water, my friend.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude.

One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort.