--- title: "23 Way Quotes By Bruce Lee" description: "23 Way quotes by Bruce Lee. Plus more from Bruce Lee and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/bruce-lee-430_limitation_using-no-way-as-a-way-having-no-limitati_1413605.jpg" --- > [Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/using-no-way-as-a-way-having-no-limitation-as-limitation/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/bruce-lee-430_limitation_using-no-way-as-a-way-having-no-limitati_1413605.jpg) > [It's not what you give, it's the way you give it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/it-s-not-what-you-give-it-s-the-way-you-give-it/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/bruce-lee-430_giving_it-s-not-what-you-give-it-s-the-way-you_2208070.jpg) > [Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/art-is-the-way-to-the-absolute-and-to-the-essence-of-human-life/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/bruce-lee-430_absolute_art-is-the-way-to-the-absolute-and-to-th_301292.jpg) > [False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/false-teachers-of-the-way-of-life-use-flowery-words/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/bruce-lee-430_language_false-teachers-of-the-way-of-life-use-fl_613172.jpg) > [Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/let-yourself-go-with-dis-ease-be-with-it-and-keep-it-company-this-is/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/bruce-lee-430_business_let-yourself-go-with-dis-ease-be-with-it_3020910.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) > [Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/man-he-is-constantly-growing-and-when-he-is-bound-by-a-set-pattern-of/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/bruce-lee-430_bounds_man-he-is-constantly-growing-and-when-he_399731.jpg) > [Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/fluidity-is-the-way-to-an-empty-mind-you-must-free-your-ambitious/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/bruce-lee-430_ambitious_fluidity-is-the-way-to-an-empty-mind-you_2385847.jpg) > [To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/to-me-the-extraordinary-aspect-of-martial-arts-lies-in-its-simplicity/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/bruce-lee-430_art_to-me-the-extraordinary-aspect-of-martia_2199118.jpg) > [Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/everybody-has-to-think-for-himself-a-right-way-for-a-big-man-may-not/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/bruce-lee-430_bigs_everybody-has-to-think-for-himself-a-rig_1856117.jpg) > [Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/like-everyone-else-you-want-to-learn-the-way-to-win-but-never-to/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/bruce-lee-430_accepting_like-everyone-else-you-want-to-learn-the_2560841.jpg) > [One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/one-should-be-in-harmony-with-not-in-opposition-to-the-strength-and/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/bruce-lee-430_flexibility_one-should-be-in-harmony-with-not-in-opp_2232420.jpg) > [Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/art-is-the-way-to-the-absolute-and-to-the-essence-of-human-life-the/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/bruce-lee-430_absolutes_art-is-the-way-to-the-absolute-and-to-th_473386.jpg) > [Success only means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. I think life is a process. Through the ages, the end of heroes is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/success-only-means-doing-something-sincerely-and-wholeheartedly-i/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/bruce-lee-430_age_success-only-means-doing-something-since_2564876.jpg) > [It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/it-is-not-a-shame-to-be-knocked-down-by-other-people-the-important/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/bruce-lee-430_hope_it-is-not-a-shame-to-be-knocked-down-by_892843.jpg) > [There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/there-is-no-mystery-about-my-style-my-movements-are-simple-direct-and/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/bruce-lee-430_always-believe_there-is-no-mystery-about-my-style-my-mo_2082630.jpg) > [Styles tend to not only separate men - because they have their own doctrines and then the doctrine became the gospel truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/styles-tend-to-not-only-separate-men-because-they-have-their-own/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/bruce-lee-430_continuing_styles-tend-to-not-only-separate-men-bec_2169925.jpg) > [How can there be methods and systems to arrive at something that is living? To that which is static, fixed, dead, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/how-can-there-be-methods-and-systems-to-arrive-at-something-that-is/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/bruce-lee-430_alive_how-can-there-be-methods-and-systems-to_1355464.jpg) > [The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both. I mean here is natural instinct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/the-ideal-is-unnatural-naturalness-or-natural-unnaturalness-i-mean-it/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/bruce-lee-430_combination_the-ideal-is-unnatural-naturalness-or-na_116897.jpg) > [Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/be-like-water-making-its-way-through-cracks-do-not-be-assertive-but-2/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/bruce-lee-430_assertive_be-like-water-making-its-way-through-cra_450385.jpg) > [Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/jeet-kune-do-favors-formlessness-so-that-it-can-assume-all-forms-and/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/bruce-lee-430_assuming_jeet-kune-do-favors-formlessness-so-that_1291487.jpg) > [To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/to-be-bound-by-traditional-martial-art-style-or-styles-is-the-way-of/) [Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/bruce-lee-430_achieve_to-be-bound-by-traditional-martial-art-s_2465715.jpg) > [I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/bruce-lee-430_arms_i-don-t-believe-in-different-ways-of-fig_70265.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/bruce-lee/#itemlist", "name": "23 Way Quotes By Bruce Lee", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/using-no-way-as-a-way-having-no-limitation-as-limitation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/bruce-lee-430_limitation_using-no-way-as-a-way-having-no-limitati_1413605.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/bruce-lee-430_limitation_using-no-way-as-a-way-having-no-limitati_1413605.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/bruce-lee-430_limitation_using-no-way-as-a-way-having-no-limitati_1413605.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation.” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not what you give, it's the way you give it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/it-s-not-what-you-give-it-s-the-way-you-give-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/bruce-lee-430_giving_it-s-not-what-you-give-it-s-the-way-you_2208070.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/bruce-lee-430_giving_it-s-not-what-you-give-it-s-the-way-you_2208070.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/bruce-lee-430_giving_it-s-not-what-you-give-it-s-the-way-you_2208070.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's not what you give, it's the way you give it.” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/art-is-the-way-to-the-absolute-and-to-the-essence-of-human-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/bruce-lee-430_absolute_art-is-the-way-to-the-absolute-and-to-th_301292.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/bruce-lee-430_absolute_art-is-the-way-to-the-absolute-and-to-th_301292.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/bruce-lee-430_absolute_art-is-the-way-to-the-absolute-and-to-th_301292.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life.” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/false-teachers-of-the-way-of-life-use-flowery-words/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/bruce-lee-430_language_false-teachers-of-the-way-of-life-use-fl_613172.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/bruce-lee-430_language_false-teachers-of-the-way-of-life-use-fl_613172.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/bruce-lee-430_language_false-teachers-of-the-way-of-life-use-fl_613172.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words.” — Bruce Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. 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