When I was 17, I became obssessed with Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. His philosophies on martial arts played a massive role in making me who I am today.
Here are my 11 favorite quotes from #Brucelee that I can still write from memory a quarter of a century later.👇
Here are my 11 favorite quotes from #Brucelee that I can still write from memory a quarter of a century later.👇
On personal development:
"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is essentially your own."
"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is essentially your own."
On self-knowledge/relationships:
"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."
"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."
On personal development:
"It’s not daily increase, but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential."
"It’s not daily increase, but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential."
On focus:
"Fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
"Fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
On failure:
"Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail."
"Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail."
On wisdom:
"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
On change:
"To change with change is the changeless state."
"To change with change is the changeless state."
On being ready:
"The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment."
"The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment."
On handling problems:
"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."
"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."
On going all-out:
"Forget about winning & losing; forget about pride & pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash his flesh; let him smash your flesh & you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones & you take his life! Lay your life before him!"
"Forget about winning & losing; forget about pride & pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash his flesh; let him smash your flesh & you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones & you take his life! Lay your life before him!"
On being like water:
"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. Put water into a bottle and 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."
"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. Put water into a bottle and 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."
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