Bruce Lee Quotes - Page 10

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• Genius: The capacity to see and to express what is simple, simply!

  Bruce Lee

  Simple, Genius, Capacity

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.377, Tuttle Publishing

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• Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small man. A right way for someone who is slow may not be a right way for someone who is quick. Each person must understand his weaknesses and his strengths.

  Bruce Lee

  Men, Thinking, Weakness

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.180, Tuttle Publishing

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• Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen.

  Bruce Lee

  Cobras, Should, Strikes

  "Tao of Jeet Kune Do".

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• Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Empty Mind, Dying

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.25, Tuttle Publishing

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• To tolerate is to insult.

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  Tolerance, Insult, Tolerate

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.375, Tuttle Publishing

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• An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion.

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  Believe, Intelligent, Mind

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.36, Tuttle Publishing

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• There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.

  Bruce Lee

  Self, Principles, Defense

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• Conditioning obstructs our view of reality. We do not see IT in its suchness because of our indoctrination, crooked and twisted.

  Bruce Lee

  Reality, Views, Twisted

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.19, Tuttle Publishing

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• Observe what is with undivided awareness.

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  Creativity, Innovation, Awareness

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.

  Bruce Lee

  Looks, Causes, Situation

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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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.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Self, Guy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational, Ideas, Achievement

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.47, Tuttle Publishing

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• Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise these kinds of martial arts. What I mean is, we now find rigid forms which create differences among clans, and the world of martial art is shattered as a result.

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  Art, Mean, Differences

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.21, Tuttle Publishing

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• Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Expression, Athletic

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• Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.

  Bruce Lee

  Life Is Too Short, Accomplishment, Energy

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon: An Anthology of Bruce Lee's Correspondence with Family, Friends, and Fans 1958-1973”, Tuttle Publishing

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• A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off.

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  Men, Desire, Beginners

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• I'm not a master. I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning. So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word 'master.' I consider the master as such when they close the casket.

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  Wisdom, Believe, Students

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• What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'?

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  People, Victory, Kind

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.109, Tuttle Publishing

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• A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.

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  Inspirational, Fighting, Punching

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• What Is, is more important than What Should Be.

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  Powerful, Important, Should

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.337, Tuttle Publishing

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• A man strikes you, make him bleed. He makes you bleed, you break his bones. He breaks your bones, kill him. Being hit is inevitable, strike back twice as hard.

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  Army, Men, Bones

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• A man must constantly exceed his level

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  Men, Levels, Sith

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body”, p.23, Tuttle Publishing

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• Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

  Bruce Lee

  Needs, Tools, Succeed

  "Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living". Book edited by John Little, p. 121, 2000.

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• Running water never grows stale.

  Bruce Lee

  Running, Water, Stale

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art”, p.180, Tuttle Publishing

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• If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.

  Bruce Lee

  Understanding, Shadow, Routine

  Bruce Lee, John Little (1997). “Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way”, Tuttle Publishing

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