Quotes by Bruce Lee

“A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.”

“If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you”

“A good martial artist does not become tense but ready. Not thinking yet not dreaming, ready for whatever may come. A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and face the consequences of his own doing. To have no technique, there is no opponent, because the word I does not exist. 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.”

“A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.”

“Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of ones bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will.”

“If you dont want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.”

“To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.”

“Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of ones potential.”

“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”

“As you think, so shall you become.”

“To each one of us friendship has a different meaning. For all of us it is a gift. Friendship needs to be cherished and nurtured. It needs to be cultivated on a daily basis. Then shall it germinate and yield its fruit.”

“It takes a lot of understanding, time, and trust to gain a close friendship with someone. As I approach a time of my life of complete uncertainty, my friends are my most precious asset.”

“Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if Im getting richer and richer”

“Where you find true friendship, You find true love.”

“The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.”

“We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the problem dissolves the problem.”

“There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.”

“The possession of anything begins in the mind”

“Dont think, Feel, it is like a finger pointing out to the moon, dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.”

“The void is that which stands right in the middle of this and that. The void is all-inclusive, having no opposite - there is nothing which it excludes or opposses. It is living void, because all forms come out of it and whosoever realizes the void is filled with life and power and the love of all things.”