“The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.”Bruce Lee
“If I tell you I'm good, you'll say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.”Bruce Lee
“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. When tomorrow comes, free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.”Bruce Lee
“It is useless to try to stir the dirt out of muddy water. It will only become murkier. Leave it alone, and if it should be cleared, it will become clear by itself.”Bruce Lee
“The second-hand artist, blindly following his sensei or sifu, accepts that pattern. As a result, his actions — and, more importantly, his thinking — become mechanical. His responses become automatic, locked into set patterns, which makes him narrow and limited.”Bruce Lee
“Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery — a process without end.”Bruce Lee
“A kung fu man lives without being dependent on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off.”Bruce Lee
“More and more I believe you have two hands and two legs; the thing is how to make good use of yourself — that's it.”Bruce Lee
“Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.”Bruce Lee
“Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.”Bruce Lee
“Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.”Bruce Lee
“Self-knowledge is the basis of Jeet Kune Do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for his life as a human being.”Bruce Lee
“You cannot force the now. Neither condemn nor justify — and still be extraordinarily alive as you walk on. You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.”Bruce Lee
“If your opponent is at a distance, kick him in the groin. If he gets close, poke him in the eyes, bring up your knee, pop him with an elbow, dig a corkscrew punch to his stomach.”Bruce Lee
