Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear. Bruce Lee More Quotes by Bruce Lee More Quotes From Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points. Bruce Lee simplicitydistancetwo One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others Bruce Lee inquiryindependentblue Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I've understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. The height of cultivation is really nothing special. It is merely simplicity; the ability to express the utmost with the minimum. Bruce Lee simplicityspecialart What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become. Bruce Lee masterycharacterthinking Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he stops growing Bruce Lee menwayideas Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept defeat. To learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes you must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying! Bruce Lee mindwinningart Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small man. A right way for someone who is slow may not be a right way for someone who is quick. Each person must understand his weaknesses and his strengths. Bruce Lee weaknessmenthinking Boards don't hit back. Bruce Lee martial-artsboards In life, what more can you ask for than to be real? Bruce Lee ballgamebeing-realreal Knowing is not enough, You must apply Bruce Lee martial-artsknowingenough When one has reached maturity in this art, one will have the formless form. It is like the dissolving or thawing [of] ice into water that can shape itself to any structure. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, one can fit in with any style. Bruce Lee maturityinspirationalart Life is an ever-flowing process and somewhere on the path some unpleasant things will pop up - it might leave a scar, but then life is flowing, and like running water, when it stops it grows stale. Go bravely on, my friend, because each experience teaches us a lesson. Keep blasting because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not. Bruce Lee nicerunningmotivational I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized. Bruce Lee martial-arts-inspirationalself-knowledgelife-is We do not become. We simply are. Bruce Lee Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concept. Instead, learn to ACTUALIZE YOURSELF, your potential. Bruce Lee wasting-timeconceptsroles When you fight, if it is a real fight, use every tool that you have, use your whole body. Use your fists, your legs, your fingers, your head if you have to, and hit them in every vulnerable spot, the balls, the eyes etc. to win. Bruce Lee fightingeyereal I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. Bruce Lee strengthmotivationalinspirational Be happy, but never satisfied. Bruce Lee mmamotivationalinspirational The meaning of life is that it is to be lived. Bruce Lee meaning-of-lifelife-is Turn your sparring into play - but always play seriously. Bruce Lee sparringturnsplay
