Bruce Lee Quotes

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Bruce Lee
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Bruce Lee

November 27 , 1940 – July 20 , 1973

Bruce Lee was a Chinese-American martial artist. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

70 quotes in this collection

"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. A grounded truth behind corporate strategy and business survival."

-- Bruce Lee

"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. This leadership wisdom emphasizes daily execution and customer focus."

-- Bruce Lee

"It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential."

-- Bruce Lee

"Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity."

-- Bruce Lee

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."

-- Bruce Lee

"Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning."

-- Bruce Lee

"An intelligent mind is one which is constantly learning, never concluding."

-- Bruce Lee

"Only the self-sufficient stand alone–most people follow the crowd and imitate."

-- Bruce Lee

"The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be."

-- Bruce Lee

"To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly."

-- Bruce Lee

"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system."

-- Bruce Lee

"For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime."

-- Bruce Lee

"Choose the positive. You are master of your attitude."

-- Bruce Lee

"Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare."

-- Bruce Lee

"A fat belly cannot believe that such a thing as hunger exists."

-- Bruce Lee

"In the middle of chaos lies opportunity."

-- Bruce Lee

"Success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability."

-- Bruce Lee

"Faith without work is death. Faith backed by action is applied faith."

-- Bruce Lee

"Don't strive to become, but be."

-- Bruce Lee

"The true stillness is the stillness in movement."

-- Bruce Lee

"Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient."

-- Bruce Lee

"It is the life of perfection which seems to be incomplete, and of fullness which seems to be empty."

-- Bruce Lee

"When there is a ‘Way’, therein lies the limitation. And when there is a circumference, it traps."

-- Bruce Lee

"Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity."

-- Bruce Lee

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Bruce Lee was a Chinese-American martial artist. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

One of Bruce Lee's most widely shared quotes is: "Be water, my friend.".

On mindset, Bruce Lee said: "Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own.".

On wisdom, Bruce Lee said: "The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.".

Bruce Lee's quotes endure because they turn ideas about Mindset, Wisdom, Success, Philosophy into clear, memorable language that is easy to relate to and share.

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