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

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"What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become."

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"Life is an ever-flowing process and somewhere on the path some unpleasant things will pop up - it might leave a scar, but then life is flowing, and like running water, when it stops it grows stale. Go bravely on, my friend, because each experience teaches us a lesson. Keep blasting because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not."

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"Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady."

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"Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat."

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"Self-knowledge involves relationship. To know oneself is to study one self in action with another person. Relationship is a process of self evaluation and self revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related."

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"Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself."

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"Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily."

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"Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man."

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"Its not what happens that counts... It's how you react."

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"You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man has decided that he is going to bite off your nose no matter what happens to him in the process, the chances are he will succeed in doing it. He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter."

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

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

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"The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups."

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"Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success."

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"Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning."

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