Bruce Lee Quotes & Sayings

“I am not afraid of a person who knows 10,000 kicks. I am afraid of a person who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

“A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.”

“One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.”

“He who wants to succeed should learn how to fight, to strive, and to suffer. You can acquire a lot in life if you are prepared to give up a lot to get it.”

“There is 'what is' only when there is no comparing; to live with 'what is' is to be peaceful.”

“A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.”

“Before me now there is only one real fact — death. The truth I have been seeking — this truth is death. Yet death is also a seeker, forever seeking me. So we have met at last, and I am prepared. I am at peace, because I will conquer death with death.”

“To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.”

“The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire—soon it will go out.”

“Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.”

“All martial arts are simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.”

“Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.”

“It is the man who has nothing to lose, or who is willing to lose everything to beat you, that I am afraid of. If a man is willing to lose his life to bite off my nose, then I don’t care how good I am or what I do to him—he’s going to get my nose.”

“Seek freedom from the conformity of styles.”

“To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.”

“Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise these kinds of martial arts. What I mean is, we now find rigid forms which create differences among clans, and the world of martial art is shattered as a result.”

“Understanding comes about through feeling, from moment to moment in the mirror of relationship.”

“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”

“To be certain, every day can bring a revelation or a new discovery.”

“The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the synonym of well-being.”

“Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”

“You will never get any more out of this life than you expect.”

“When you freely express, you are the total style.”

“Get maximum effect from minimum effort.”