Bruce Lee Quotes - Page 15

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• Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. Learn, master, and achieve.

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  Inspirational, Growth, Mold

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• As long as we separate this oneness into two we won't achieve realization.

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  Reality, Two, Oneness

  Bruce Lee (1987). “Chinese Gung Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self Defense”, p.80, Black Belt Communications

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• A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.

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  Artist, Doe, Mastery

  "Fictional character: Lee". "Enter the Dragon", www.imdb.com. 1973.

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• Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible.

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  Dream, Thinking, Mma

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• Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!

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  Life, Pain, Fighting

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.192, Tuttle Publishing

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• Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain

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  Pain, Fighting, Pride

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.192, Tuttle Publishing

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• Boards don't hit back.

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  Boards, Martial Arts

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.38, Tuttle Publishing

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• Here I am as a human being...how can I express myself, totally and completely?

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  Here I Am, Humans, Human Beings

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.60, Tuttle Publishing

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• I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.

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  Memories, Past, Treasure

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• Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.

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  Distance, Two, Simplicity

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

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• A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

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  Moving, Artist, Quality

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.22, Tuttle Publishing

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• There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power -- God, history, fate, nation, or humanity.

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  Strong, Powerful, Responsibility

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.240, Tuttle Publishing

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• There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its simplicity. Every movement in Jeet Kune-Do is being so of itself. There is nothing artificial about it. I always believe that the easy way is the right way.

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  Lying, Believe, Simple

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• Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment.

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  Tools, Moments, Strikes

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.197, Tuttle Publishing

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• Belts are only good for holding up your pants

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  Pants, Belts

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• The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both. I mean here is natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. Not if you have one to the extreme, you'll be very unscientific. If you have another to the extreme, you become, all of a sudden, a mechanical man No longer a human being. It is a successful combination of both. That way it is a process of continuing growth.

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  Mean, Successful, Men

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• A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.

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  Dream, Fighting, Artist

  "Fictional character: Lee". "Enter the Dragon", 1973.

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• Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people - because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it - I don't care how good you are.

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  Gun, Hands, People

  "The Pierre Berton Show", 1971.

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• Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

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  Needs, Tools, Succeed

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

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• I create opportunities.

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  Opportunity, Mma

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• A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed, if the athlete learns to make faster movements he increases his power, even though the contractile pulling strength of his muscles remains unchanged. Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or as far as the heavier man who swings slowly.

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  Strong, Powerful, Athlete

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• Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth.

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  Children, Growth, Expansion

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped.

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  Defined, Nothingness

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

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• To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you.

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  Moving, Opportunity, Offers

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• Since weight training involves repetitions, a great deal of energy must be exerted. Therefore, weight training should be practiced only every other day.

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  Training, Energy, Weight

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body”, p.51, Tuttle Publishing

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