A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard. Bruce Lee More Quotes by Bruce Lee More Quotes From Bruce Lee Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot Bruce Lee robots self inspiring To develop the creative attitude, analyze and focus on the wanted SOLUTION; seek out and fill your mind with the FACTS; write down ideas, both sensible and seemingly wild; let the facts and ideas simmer in your mind; evaluate, recheck, settle on the creative ideas. Bruce Lee writing attitude ideas Though methods play an important role in the early stage, the techniques should not be too mechanical, complex or restrictive. If we cling blindly to them, we shall eventually become bound by their limitations. Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques. If somebody attacks you, your response is not Technique No.1, Stance No. 2, Section 4, Paragraph 5. Instead you simply move in like sound and echo, without any deliberation. It is as though when I call you, you answer me, or when I throw you something, you catch it. It's as simple as that - no fuss, no mess. Bruce Lee echoes play moving A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike. Bruce Lee fighter strikes chance Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself. Bruce Lee consuming fuel light The most important thing to me is, how, in the process of learning how to use my body, can I come to understand myself ? Bruce Lee body important use Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier. Bruce Lee borders inspirational life The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing. Bruce Lee inspirational water ideas An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion. Bruce Lee intelligent mind believe I think of myself as a human being. Bruce Lee thoughtful humans thinking Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Bruce Lee confidence inspirational life when one is not expressing himself, he is not free. thus, he begins to struggle and the struggle breeds methodical routine. Soon, he is doing his methodical routine as response rather than responding to what is. Bruce Lee responding routine struggle Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory. Bruce Lee moon inspiring inspirational If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today? Bruce Lee training fighting art A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. Bruce Lee dream art thinking To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you. Bruce Lee offers opportunity moving Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead! Bruce Lee absolutes dedication Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed. Bruce Lee success motivational thinking While it may come as a profound surprise to those of us who are in the throes of an emotional or life crisis, the fact remains that the answer to virtually all of our problems resides within us already. It exist in the form of a vast reservoir of free-flowing energy that, when channeled to our muscles, can give us great strength and, when channeled to our brain, can give us great insight and understanding. Bruce Lee emotional giving profound Either you understand or you don't, and that is that. Bruce Lee