BRUCE LEE QUOTES IV

Hong Kong American martial artist & actor (1940-1973)

I do my thing, and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations. And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, And if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped.

BRUCE LEE

attributed, Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

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To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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Eat. This time you're eating paper. The next time it's going to be glass.

BRUCE LEE

The Chinese Connection


When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity.

BRUCE LEE

Tao of Jeet Kune Do

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Don't be forecasting evil unless it is what you can guard against. Anxiety is good for nothing if we can't turn it into a defense.

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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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.

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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The success of an assailant's attack depends on surprise, and if you're sufficiently alert to prevent a surprise, your counterattack is already halfway to being successful.

BRUCE LEE

The Tao of Gung Fu


Learn the principles, abide by the principles, and then dissolve the principles.

BRUCE LEE

Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

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Before me now there is only one real fact -- Death. The truth I have been seeking -- this truth is Death. Yet Death is also a seeker. Forever seeking me. So -- we have met at last. And I am prepared. I am at peace. Because I will conquer death with death.

BRUCE LEE

The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee

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

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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