Quotes from Bruce Lee

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

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

Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

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

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.

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

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.

The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own

Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student.

Boards don't hit back.

Real living is living for others.

In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water and when you're tired go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.