36 Motivational Bruce Lee Quotes

Bruce Lee was an excellent martial artist, actor and film-maker. He is still an inspirational individual, check out his films such as Enter The Dragon and Fist of Fury if you have not seen them. He highlighted the power of the mind with his inner strength, his quotes are full of wisdom and great philosophy in regards to the mind, time, life, servitude, learning, knowledge, limits, and uniqueness to oneself. May these Bruce Lee Quotes motivate you to strive for greater heights in life and help you develop the inner strength within yourself to live a life of greatness.

1. “Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.” Bruce Lee

2. “As you think, so shall you become.” Bruce Lee

3. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” Bruce Lee

4. “Knowing is not enough, we must apply, willing is not enough, we must do.” Bruce Lee

5. “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water.” Bruce Lee

6. “If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” Bruce Lee

7. “No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of darkness.” Bruce Lee

8. “What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.” Bruce Lee

9. “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” Bruce Lee

10. “Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.” Bruce Lee

11. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself.” Bruce Lee

12. “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” Bruce Lee

13. “Running water never goes stale, so you just have to keep on flowing.” Bruce Lee

14. “It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease, hack away at the unessential.” Bruce Lee

15. “Do not fear failure, in great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” Bruce Lee

16. “People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth.” Bruce Lee

17. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” Bruce Lee

18. “A teacher is never a giver of truth, he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.” Bruce Lee

19. “Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.” Bruce Lee

20. “Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.” Bruce Lee

21. “Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I’m still learning, for learning is boundless.” Bruce Lee

22. “Choose the positive, you have a choice, you are the master of your attitude. Choose the positive, the constructive, optimism is a faith that leads to success.” Bruce Lee

23. “A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” Bruce Lee

24. “Only the self-sufficient stand alone – most people follow the crowd and imitate.” Bruce Lee

25. “For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes maybe a lifetime.” Bruce Lee

26. “The poorer we are inwardly, the more we try to enrich ourselves outwardly.” Bruce Lee

27. “In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.” Bruce Lee

28. “Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.” Bruce Lee

29. “Real living is living for others.” Bruce Lee

30. “Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.” Bruce Lee

31. “Long term consistency, trumps short term intensity.” Bruce Lee

32. “The only person you need to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” Bruce Lee

33. “Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.” Bruce Lee

34. “There are no limits, there are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” Bruce Lee

35. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” Bruce Lee

36. “The possession of anything begins in the mind.” Bruce Lee

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