Bruce Lee Favourite Quotes

Lee Jun-fan(Bruce Lee)

Lee Jun-fan (Chinese: 李振藩; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong and American actor, film director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do. Lee was the son of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-chuen. He is widely considered by commentators, critics, media, and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists of all time, and a pop culture icon of the 20th century.

Lee Jun-fan well known as Bruce Lee wrote a lot of quotes on work, success, life, age, wisdom, inspiration and motivation and so on.



Here are some quotes from him:
"The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems." - Bruce Lee

"I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine." - Bruce Lee

"If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today." - Bruce Lee

"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." - Bruce Lee

"Be happy, but never satisfied." - Bruce Lee

"The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment." - Bruce Lee

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

"Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." - Bruce Lee

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

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done." - Bruce Lee

"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities." - Bruce Lee

"Boards don't hit back." - Bruce Lee

"Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind." - Bruce Lee

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done." - Bruce Lee

"Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul." - Bruce Lee

"Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing." - Bruce Lee

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

"Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick." - Bruce Lee

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

"Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality." - Bruce Lee

"Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail." - Bruce Lee

"Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there." - Bruce Lee

"A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence." - Bruce Lee