An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more. Bruce Lee More Quotes by Bruce Lee More Quotes From Bruce Lee 'What is' is more important than 'what should be.' Too many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be'. Bruce Lee important people thinking We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness. Bruce Lee rating should self The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited. Bruce Lee inspirational art thinking What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'? Bruce Lee victory kind people The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event. Bruce Lee endurance exercise art I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed. Bruce Lee teaching education philosophy The moment is freedom. — I couldn’t live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them. Bruce Lee schedules time trying If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. Bruce Lee echoes mirrors moving To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else. Bruce Lee taking-responsibility responsibility action Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow. Bruce Lee bows opponents eye If mere mechanical efficiency can make everyone a martial artist, then all is well. Unfortunately, combat, like freedom, is something that can not be preconceived. Bruce Lee efficiency martial-arts artist True thusness is the substance of thought, and thought is the function of true thusness. There is no thought except that of true thusness. Thusness does not move, but its motion and function are inexhaustible. Bruce Lee substance doe moving Training for strength and flexibility is a must. You must use it to support your techniques. Techniques alone are no good if you don't support them with strength and flexibility. Bruce Lee training support technique I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. Bruce Lee treasure memories past A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard. Bruce Lee punching fighting inspirational Since life is an ever evolving process, one should flow in this process and discover how to actualize and expand oneself. Bruce Lee flow process life-is I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one. Bruce Lee realizing numbers two Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. Bruce Lee self-awareness martial-arts knows There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing. Because when there is a maturity, there is a conclusion and a cessation. That’s the end. That’s when the coffin is closed. You might be deteriorating physically in the long process of aging, but your personal process of daily discovery is ongoing. You continue to learn more and more about yourself every day. Bruce Lee maturity discovery long Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty. Bruce Lee enlightenment liberty art
