Bruce Lee Quotes

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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

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"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water."

-- Bruce Lee

"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water."

-- Bruce Lee

"The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominant thought patterns."

-- Bruce Lee

"The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominant thought patterns."

-- Bruce Lee

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

-- Bruce Lee

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

-- Bruce Lee

"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves."

-- Bruce Lee

"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves."

-- Bruce Lee

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."

-- Bruce Lee

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."

-- Bruce Lee

"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."

-- Bruce Lee

"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."

-- Bruce Lee

"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."

-- Bruce Lee

"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."

-- Bruce Lee

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done."

-- Bruce Lee

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done."

-- Bruce Lee

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."

-- Bruce Lee

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."

-- Bruce Lee

"Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory."

-- Bruce Lee

"Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory."

-- Bruce Lee

"Be self-aware, rather than a repetitious robot."

-- Bruce Lee

"Be self-aware, rather than a repetitious robot."

-- Bruce Lee

"Real living is living for others."

-- Bruce Lee

"Real living is living for others."

-- Bruce Lee

"Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality."

-- Bruce Lee

"Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality."

-- Bruce Lee

"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of."

-- Bruce Lee

"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of."

-- Bruce Lee

"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."

-- Bruce Lee

"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."

-- Bruce Lee

"As you think, so shall you become."

-- Bruce Lee

"As you think, so shall you become."

-- Bruce Lee

"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."

-- Bruce Lee

"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."

-- Bruce Lee

"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."

-- Bruce Lee

"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."

-- Bruce Lee

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

-- Bruce Lee

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

-- Bruce Lee

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own."

-- Bruce Lee

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own."

-- Bruce Lee

"Be water, my friend."

-- Bruce Lee

"Be water, my friend."

-- Bruce Lee

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

-- Bruce Lee

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

-- 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.

What is Bruce Lee's most famous quote? +

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

What did Bruce Lee say about mindset? +

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

What did Bruce Lee say about wisdom? +

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

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