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Bruce Lee says that a founder must be more inventive than the average person, and that his ideas need clever followers to survive. He stresses that power comes from fast, flexible movement, not just raw strength. He also reminds us that compassion, not strict justice, protects us from treating others unfairly.

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Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.

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A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

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Every man today is the result of his thoughts yesterday.

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If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help.

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Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.

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A man must constantly exceed his level

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The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

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A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own…

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There are no limits...If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.

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The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the…

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I do not fear the man who practices 1,000 kicks one time each. I fear the man who practices 1 kick 1,000 times.

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Faith makes it possible to achieve that which man's mind can conceive and believe.

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Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.

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Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.

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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

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Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is…

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A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in…

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A kung fu man who was really good was not proud at all. Pride emphasizes the superiority of one's status. There has…

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The doubters said, "Man can not fly," The doers said, "Maybe, but we'll try," And finally soared In the morning glow While…

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Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small…

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The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to…

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The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style.…

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It is the man that has nothing to lose or is willing to lose everything to beat you that I am afraid…

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Styles tend to not only separate men - because they have their own doctrines and then the doctrine became the gospel truth…

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Success only means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. I think life is a process. Through the ages, the end of heroes is…

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You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance,…

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The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the…

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Finally, a Jeet Kune Do man who says Jeet Kune Do is exclusively Jeet Kune Do is simply not with it. He…

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A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed,…

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The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both. I mean here is natural instinct…

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To me, racial barriers do not exist in reality. If I say that 'everyone under the sun is a member of a…

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Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's…

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It is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man.

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The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives…

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Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern…

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A man strikes you, make him bleed. He makes you bleed, you break his bones. He breaks your bones, kill him. Being…

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The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by…

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There's so much myth and baloney. Like a 80-year-old man able to manhandle a 300-pounder with his little finger. Ridiculous. Or this…

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Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern…

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