Bruce Lee Quotes - Page 9

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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.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational, Running, Nice

  Bruce Lee, John R. Little (1997). “Words of the Dragon: Interviews, 1958-1973”, p.75, Tuttle Publishing

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

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  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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• 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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• True refinement seeks simplicity.

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  Spiritual, Simplicity, Spirituality

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.227, Tuttle Publishing

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• Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.

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  Motivational, Struggle, Views

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

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• Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

  Bruce Lee

  Power, Endurance, Speed

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• Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible.

  Bruce Lee

  Confidence, Self Esteem, People

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.31, Tuttle Publishing

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• In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

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  Motivational, Powerful, Order

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

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• Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivation, Attitude

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

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• A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

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  Men, Self, Growth

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.89, Tuttle Publishing

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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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  Determination, Real, Fighting

  "The Warrior Within : The Philosophies of Bruce Lee" by John Little, (p. 161), 1996.

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• If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.

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  Light, Darkness, Rhythm

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.78, Tuttle Publishing

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• Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself.

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  Old Habits, Focus, Mind

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.39, Tuttle Publishing

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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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  Should, Conceptualization, Concepts

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.44, Tuttle Publishing

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• My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.

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  Real, Abdomen, Source

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body”, p.80, Tuttle Publishing

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• Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

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  Life, Moving, Movement

  "Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living" edited by John Little, (p. 5), 2000.

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• The more aware you become, the more you shed from day to day what you have learned so that your mind is always fresh and uncontaminated by previous conditioning.

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  Mind, Conditioning, Day To Day

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

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• I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.

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  Memories, Lying, Past

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• A kung fu man who was really good was not proud at all. Pride emphasizes the superiority of one's status. There has to be fear and insecurity in pride, because when you aim at being highly esteemed and achieve such status, you automatically start to worry about losing status.

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  Pride, Men, Worry

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• The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

  Bruce Lee

  Life, Motivational, Memories

  "Fictional character: Bruce Lee". "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story", www.imdb.com. 1993.

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

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  Thinking, Spirit, Determined

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.76, Tuttle Publishing

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

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  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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• If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.

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  Inspirational, Lying, Boast

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.33, Tuttle Publishing

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• Running water never grows stale.

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  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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