Bruce Lee Quotes & Sayings

“Remember, my friend, to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishments; life is too short for negative energy.”

“You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom exists within you.”

“The abdominal and waist region coordinate all parts of the body and act as the center or generator. Therefore you can promote your ability to control the body’s actions and more easily master your will.”

“Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise it daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose, and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once each day.”

“The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest.”

“The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world.”

“Change is from inner to outer. We start by dissolving our attitude, not by altering outer conditions.”

“Art is never decoration or embellishment; instead it is a work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty.”

“We do not become. We simply are.”

“We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement, which I experience every day — sometimes good, sometimes frustrating. No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.”

“What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.”

“Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself — to be is to be related.”

“Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact.”

“Let the spirit out. Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. Finally, closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out as it will.”

“I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient.”

“Emotion can be the enemy. If you give in to your emotions, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotions, because the body always follows the mind.”

“Loneliness is an opportunity to find yourself.”

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

“To be bound by traditional martial-art styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be inspired by traditional martial arts and to achieve further heights is the way of genius.”

“Do not be tense. Be ready — don't think, don't dream; don't be fixed, be flexible.”

“Training for strength and flexibility is a must. Use them to support your techniques—techniques alone are no good if you don’t back them with strength and flexibility.”

“I have come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized. I am happy because I grow daily, and I honestly do not know where the limit lies.”

“Do not have an attitude. Open yourself, focus yourself, and express yourself. Reject any external form that fails to express your internal reality.”

“Flow in the living moment — we are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed.”