Bruce Lee

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

Bruce Lee

It helps occassionally to stop all thoughts (the chattering of worries, anticipations, etc. in your head) and then once more refreshingly march bravely on.

Bruce Lee

It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay.

Bruce Lee

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Bruce Lee

It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to to ask when you’re being knocked down: ‘Why am I being knocked down?’ If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.

Bruce Lee

It is not daily increase, but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is.

Bruce Lee

It is the man that has nothing to lose or is willing to lose everything to beat you that I am afraid of. If a man is willing to lose his life to bite off my nose then I don’t care how good I am or what I do to him- he’s gonna get my nose.

Bruce Lee

Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.

Bruce Lee

Keep blasting! Because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not.

Bruce Lee

Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. – To realize that it’s just an inconvenience, that it is not a catastrophe, but just an unpleasantness, is part of coming into your own, part of waking up.

Bruce Lee