Bruce Lee

Martial Artist, Actor, Director

Bruce Lee was a martial artist and philosopher known for his revolutionary impact on martial arts and his advocacy for personal expression.

Born
November 27, 1940
Died
July 20, 1973
Quotes
496
Rank
#31

Quote collection

Bruce Lee quotes (page 12 of 25)

496 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.

Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected."

Read quote 26 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"If you want to be immortal live a life worth remembering"

Read quote 26 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you."

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising."

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction."

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it."

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power."

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"Zen is not “attained” by mirror-wiping mediation, but by “self-forgetfulness in the existential 'present' of life here and now.” We do not “come”, we “are.” Don't strive to become, but be."

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"You will never get any more out of this life than you expect."

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"To live is to express oneself freely"

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

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

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"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."

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open."

Read quote 25 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help."

Read quote 24 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it is doing this for me." The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action."

Read quote 24 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead!"

Read quote 24 likes
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Popular

"A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike."

Read quote 24 likes