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Bruce Lee - Motivational Martial Arts Mind Quotes, Mental Profile & Biography

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

"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

"Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own."

"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."

"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."

"Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves."

"The doubters said, "Man can not fly," The doers said, "Maybe, but we’ll try," And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from below."

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves."

"In the middle of chaos lies opportunity."

"Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory."

"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."

"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."

"As you think, so shall you become."

"Real living is living for others."

"There is no weapon more deadly than the will."

"Choose the positive. You have a choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success."

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own."

"Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own."

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."

"Real living is living for others."

"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves."

"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."

"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."

"It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential."

 

"The possession of anything begins in the mind."

"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done."

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own."

"To be a martial artist means to be an artist of life."

"The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be."

"Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them."

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."

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

"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of."

"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."

"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."

"It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials."

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

"If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you."

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own."

"Showing off is the fool's idea of glory."

"Real living is living for others."

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

"Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own."

"Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail."

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."

"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."

"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."

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

"Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier."

"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves."

Bruce Lee - Martial Arts Legend

Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential martial artists of all time.

Born in San Francisco in 1940, he grew up in Hong Kong where he began studying martial arts at a young age. His father was an opera singer and part-time actor, and Lee began appearing in films as a child. As a teenager, he started learning kung fu to better defend himself during his frequent street fights. He also took dance lessons, which refined his footwork and balance.

In 1959, Lee moved to the United States, where he finished high school and studied philosophy and drama at the University of Washington. While in Seattle, he opened his first martial arts school. He later relocated to Oakland, California, to open a second school.

It was during this time that he developed his own martial arts technique - jeet kune do, a blend of ancient kung fu, fencing, boxing, and philosophy - which he began teaching instead of traditional martial arts.

He the first person to introduce Chinese martial arts to the Western world and helped popularize it globally. He was a skilled fighter and held several world records in martial arts.

Lee’s breakthrough in the entertainment industry came when he was cast as the sidekick Kato in the television series The Green Hornet (1966–67). Despite the cancellation of The Green Hornet, Lee continued to teach jeet kune do privately to Hollywood stars, including Steve McQueen. His performances in the 1970s elevated Hong Kong martial arts films to a new level of popularity and acclaim.

Bruce Lee passed away on July 20, 1973, in Hong Kong. In 1993, he was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MTV Movie Awards. In 2004, he was named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century, and he was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2004.

His impact on martial arts and popular culture cannot be overstated. His philosophy of Jeet Kune Do continues to influence martial artists around the world and his films remain classics of the genre. His legacy continues to influence the world of martial arts and cinema. He is considered by some to be the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th century.

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