Bruce Lee, whose real name was Lee Jun-Fan (1940 – 1973), was a great martial artist, famous actor, and also a philosopher.
Although born in the United States, Lee grew up in Kowloon China, where he began training in the arts of Tai Chi and Wing Chun fighting style at the age of 13. Hope, our collection of Bruce Lee Quotes will inspire you to live your life limitlessly.
Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.
– Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee Quotes
1. “The most dangerous person is the one who listens, thinks and observes.” – Bruce Lee
2. “Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.” – Bruce Lee
3. “There is no weapon more deadly than the will.” – Bruce Lee
4. “What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.” – Bruce Lee
5. “Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.” – Bruce Lee
6. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” – Bruce Lee
7. “Only the self-sufficient stand alone – most people follow the crowd and imitate.” – Bruce Lee
8. “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” – Bruce Lee
9. “If you want to be immortal live a life worth remembering.” – Bruce Lee
10. “Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead!” – Bruce Lee
11. “Masters in all branches of art must first be masters in living, for the soul creates everything.” – Bruce Lee
12. “Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.” – Bruce Lee
13. “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” – Bruce Lee
14. “The best techniques are the simple ones executed right.” – Bruce Lee
15. “Your mental attitude determines what you make of it, either a stepping stone or stumbling block.” – Bruce Lee
16. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee
17. “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practices one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee
18. “Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them.” – Bruce Lee
19. “Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.” – Bruce Lee
20. “The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.” – Bruce Lee
21. “In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.” – Bruce Lee
22. “Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence.” – Bruce Lee
23. “If you truly love life, don’t waste time because time is what life is made of.” – Bruce Lee
24. “Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” – Bruce Lee
25. “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.” – Bruce Lee
26. “Empty yourself! Open up! After all, the usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.” – Bruce Lee
27. “Intelligence is the understanding of self.” – Bruce Lee
28. “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.” – Bruce Lee
29. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
30. “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” – Bruce Lee
31. “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.” – Bruce Lee
32. “The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a pattern of systems.” – Bruce Lee
33. “A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” – Bruce Lee
34. “Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own.” – Bruce Lee
35. “The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.” – Bruce Lee
36. “If you think a thing is impossible, you’ll only make it impossible.” – Bruce Lee
37. “All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.” – Bruce Lee
38. “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee
39. “Freedom lies in understanding yourself from moment to moment.” – Bruce Lee
40. “Ideas are the beginning of all achievement – in every industry, in every profession.” – Bruce Lee
41. “Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillful, swift, and steady.” – Bruce Lee
42. “A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.” – Bruce Lee
43. “To know, but to be as though not knowing, is the height of wisdom.” – Bruce Lee
44. “Use no way as way, make no limitation, limitation.” – Bruce Lee
45. “Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee
46. “Loneliness is an opportunity to find yourself. In solitude, you are least alone.” – Bruce Lee
47. “The essential quality of living life lies simply in the living.” – Bruce Lee
48. “Action is a highroad to self-esteem.” – Bruce Lee
49. “A conditioned mind is never a free mind.” – Bruce Lee
50. “Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.” – Bruce Lee
51. “Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.” – Bruce Lee
