Bruce Lee Quotes

Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

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Lee Jun-fan (27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973), commonly known as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong American martial artist and actor who is widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century.

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Pen Names: 李元鑒

Native Name: 李小龍

Alternative Names: Lee Jun-fan

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For a moment
The surrounding utters no sound.
Time ceases.
The Paradise of Dreams come true.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.

Now I see that I will never find the light
Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel,
Consuming myself.

Boards, don't hit back. ~Bruce Lee

Cease negative mental chattering. — If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

I'm in the midst of preparing my next movie, Enter the Dragon a coproduction between Concord and Warner Bros., plus another Concord production, The Game of Death, which is only halfway done

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.

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

Use no way as way, make no limitation, limitation.

The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire — soon it will go out. Before we married, we never had the chance to go out to nightclubs. We only spent our nights watching TV and chatting. Many young couples live a very exciting life when they are in love. So, when they marry, and their lives are reduced to calmness and dullness, they will feel impatient and will drink the bitter cup of a sad marriage.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit it

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