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Martial arts Quotes by Bruce Lee

82 Martial arts quotes by Bruce Lee

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The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness, a reminder not to anticipate victory or defeat. The quotes stress finding the root of martial arts instead of decorative branches, forgetting learned skills to float in emptiness, and building speed and flexibility. They also compare love to a friendship caught on fire.

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The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

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Be happy, but never satisfied.

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The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

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Knowing is not enough, You must apply

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Love is like a friendship caught on fire.

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Optimism is a faith that leads to success.

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Boards don't hit back.

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Take what's useful, discard what is not.

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Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

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Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain

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Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

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If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

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If you think a thing is impossible,you'll only make it impossible.

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Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth.

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Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.

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A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

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I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.

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To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a…

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A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.

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Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

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The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one's original sense of freedom.

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When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!

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There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

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Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for…

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The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in…

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Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of…

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A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the…

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Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept…

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The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force…

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To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial…

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“Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle toward a goal and when you have a goal, a…

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To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be…

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...good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God…

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“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a…

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A good teacher can never be fixed in a routine... each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly…

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To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy…

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Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God…

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Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

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When you feel pain, you know that you are still alive.

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Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.

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The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

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I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have…

Be a practical dreamer backed by action.

In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.

Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it…

A person cannot forget someone who is good to them.

The highest art is no art. The highest form is no form

To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what…

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is…

Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.