Bruce Lee

Martial artist, actor, philosopher

Modern influential 84 sayings

Sayings by Bruce Lee

Take no thought of who is right or wrong, or who is better than. Do not be for or against.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Observe constantly, adapt accordingly, and be always ready to change.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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The possession of anything begins in the mind.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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It's not what you give, it's the way you give it.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Running water never grows stale. So you have to keep on flowing.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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To me, the extraordinary thing is not to be a saint or a hero, but to be a true man.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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It is not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a form of death.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Using no way as way, having no limitation as limitation.

1960s-1970s — From a letter or personal notes
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Don't think, feel!

1973 — From the movie 'Enter the Dragon'
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Boards don't hit back.

1970s — Interview, implying the difference between training and real fighting
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