“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”
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Famous Bruce Lee Quotes
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.”
Source: Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way
“Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”
Source: Bruce Lee: Artist of Life
“Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.”
Source: Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
“Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“The More we value things, the less we value ourselves”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
Source: Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way
“Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence.”
“Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.”
Source: Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon: An Anthology of Bruce Lee's Correspondence with Family, Friends, and Fans 1958-1973
“There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.”
Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.”
Source: Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living