"...we have more faith in what we imitate……" — Bruce Lee
"...we have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its roots in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone and we are not alone when we imitate. It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay."
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396 Quotes by Bruce Lee
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The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.
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Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you…
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A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.…
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Simplicity is the key to brilliance.
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To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
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You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.…
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Learn it all, then forget it all.
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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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A man strikes you, make him bleed. He makes you bleed, you break his bones. He breaks your bones, kill…
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Put every great teacher in a room, and they'd agree about everything, but put their disciples in there and they'd…
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I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy…
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