--- title: "20 Moving Quotes By Bruce Lee" description: "20 Moving quotes by Bruce Lee. Plus more from Bruce Lee and more Moving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/bruce-lee-430_art_things-live-by-moving-and-gain-strength_2893368.jpg" --- > [Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/things-live-by-moving-and-gain-strength-as-they-go/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/bruce-lee-430_art_things-live-by-moving-and-gain-strength_2893368.jpg) > [A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/a-quality-martial-artist-is-always-ready-for-any-move-and-trains/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/bruce-lee-430_art_a-quality-martial-artist-is-always-ready_2908511.jpg) > [Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/moving-be-like-water-still-be-like-a-mirror-respond-like-an-echo/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/bruce-lee-430_echoes_moving-be-like-water-still-be-like-a-mir_229108.jpg) > [Don’t indulge in any unnecessary, sophisticated moves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/don-t-indulge-in-any-unnecessary-sophisticated-moves/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/bruce-lee-430_indulge_don-t-indulge-in-any-unnecessary-sophist_3126964.jpg) > [The essence of fighting is the art of moving at the right time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-essence-of-fighting-is-the-art-of-moving-at-the-right-time/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/bruce-lee-430_art_the-essence-of-fighting-is-the-art-of-mo_1684505.jpg) > [To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/to-reach-me-you-must-move-to-me-your-attack-offers-me-an-opportunity/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/bruce-lee-430_attack_to-reach-me-you-must-move-to-me-your-att_2257946.jpg) > [Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/make-at-least-one-definite-move-daily-toward-your-goal/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/bruce-lee-430_action_make-at-least-one-definite-move-daily-to_3030754.jpg) > [The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-deluded-mind-is-the-mind-affectively-burdened-by-intellect-thus/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/bruce-lee-430_deluded_the-deluded-mind-is-the-mind-affectively_1677184.jpg) > [If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/if-nothing-within-you-stays-rigid-outward-things-will-disclose/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/bruce-lee-430_consciousness_if-nothing-within-you-stays-rigid-outwar_2916122.jpg) > [For something that is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way or a definite path; but not for anything that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/for-something-that-is-static-fixed-dead-there-can-be-a-way-or-a/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/bruce-lee-430_definite_for-something-that-is-static-fixed-dead_809297.jpg) > [Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/life-is-never-stagnation-it-is-constant-movement-un-rhythmic-movement/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/bruce-lee-430_change_life-is-never-stagnation-it-is-constant_2414674.jpg) > [I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/i-m-moving-and-not-moving-at-all-i-m-like-the-moon-underneath-the/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/bruce-lee-430_action_i-m-moving-and-not-moving-at-all-i-m-lik_2065711.jpg) > [Though they play an important role in the early stages, the techniques should not be too mechanical, complex, or restrictive. Remember, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/though-they-play-an-important-role-in-the-early-stages-the-techniques/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/bruce-lee-430_deliberation_though-they-play-an-important-role-in-th_1204460.jpg) > [Flow in the living moment. — We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed. Have no rigid system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always-in-a-process-of-becoming-and-2/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/bruce-lee-430_becoming_flow-in-the-living-moment-we-are-always_2916338.jpg) > [When we hold to the core, the opposite sides are the same if they are seen from the center of the moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/when-we-hold-to-the-core-the-opposite-sides-are-the-same-if-they-are/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/bruce-lee-430_awareness_when-we-hold-to-the-core-the-opposite-si_1919035.jpg) > [Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/having-totality-means-being-capable-of-following-what-is-because-what/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/bruce-lee-430_able_having-totality-means-being-capable-of-f_2303746.jpg) > [In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/in-buddhism-there-is-no-place-for-using-effort-just-be-ordinary-and/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/bruce-lee-430_bowels_in-buddhism-there-is-no-place-for-using_2412835.jpg) > [True thusness is the substance of thought, and thought is the function of true thusness. There is no thought except that of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/true-thusness-is-the-substance-of-thought-and-thought-is-the-function/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/bruce-lee-430_doe_true-thusness-is-the-substance-of-though_1076428.jpg) > [Finally, a Jeet Kune Do man who says Jeet Kune Do is exclusively Jeet Kune Do is simply not with it. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/finally-a-jeet-kune-do-man-who-says-jeet-kune-do-is-exclusively-jeet/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/bruce-lee-430_awareness_finally-a-jeet-kune-do-man-who-says-jeet_135679.jpg) > [Though methods play an important role in the early stage, the techniques should not be too mechanical, complex or restrictive. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/though-methods-play-an-important-role-in-the-early-stage-the/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/bruce-lee-430_complexes_though-methods-play-an-important-role-in_1513852.jpg) ## Other authors on Moving ## More by Bruce Lee > [Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/do-not-like-do-not-dislike-all-will-then-be-clear-make-a-hairbreadth/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-great-mistake-is-to-anticipate-the-outcome-of-the-engagement-you/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [The more aware you become, the more you shed from day to day what you have learned so that your mind is always fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-more-aware-you-become-the-more-you-shed-from-day-to-day-what-you/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-usefulness-of-the-cup-is-its-emptiness/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/my-style-you-can-call-it-the-art-of-fighting-without-fighting/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-founder-of-any-branch-must-be-more-ingenious-than-the-common-man/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/i-don-t-believe-in-different-ways-of-fighting-now-i-mean-unless-human/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [Be a practical dreamer backed by action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/be-a-practical-dreamer-backed-by-action/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/in-order-to-taste-my-cup-of-water-you-must-first-empty-your-cup/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/truth-comes-when-your-mind-and-heart-are-purged-of-all-sense-of/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [A person cannot forget someone who is good to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/a-person-cannot-forget-someone-who-is-good-to-them/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [The highest art is no art. The highest form is no form](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-highest-art-is-no-art-the-highest-form-is-no-form/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/to-live-is-a-constant-process-of-relating-so-come-on-out-of-that/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/i-hope-martial-artists-are-more-interested-in-the-root-of-martial/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) > [Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/art-lives-where-absolute-freedom-is-because-where-it-is-not-there-can/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moving/bruce-lee/#itemlist", "name": "20 Moving Quotes By Bruce Lee", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/things-live-by-moving-and-gain-strength-as-they-go/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/bruce-lee-430_art_things-live-by-moving-and-gain-strength_2893368.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/bruce-lee-430_art_things-live-by-moving-and-gain-strength_2893368.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/bruce-lee-430_art_things-live-by-moving-and-gain-strength_2893368.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/a-quality-martial-artist-is-always-ready-for-any-move-and-trains/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/bruce-lee-430_art_a-quality-martial-artist-is-always-ready_2908511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/bruce-lee-430_art_a-quality-martial-artist-is-always-ready_2908511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/bruce-lee-430_art_a-quality-martial-artist-is-always-ready_2908511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Moving, be like water. 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Nothing else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/though-they-play-an-important-role-in-the-early-stages-the-techniques/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/bruce-lee-430_deliberation_though-they-play-an-important-role-in-th_1204460.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/bruce-lee-430_deliberation_though-they-play-an-important-role-in-th_1204460.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/bruce-lee-430_deliberation_though-they-play-an-important-role-in-th_1204460.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Though they play an important role in the early stages, the techniques should not be too mechanical…” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Flow in the living moment. — We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed. 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