"Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected."
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.
"If you want to be immortal live a life worth remembering"
"If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you."
"Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising."
"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."
"Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it."
"My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power."
"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."
"You will never get any more out of this life than you expect."
"To live is to express oneself freely"
"The unfolding of the bare human soul...that is what interests me."
"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."
"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."
"If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help."
"Be a practical dreamer backed by action."
"I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized."
"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."
"I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged."
"Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead!"
"A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike."