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

“If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

“If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.”
― Ben Franklin

“While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“A good example is the best sermon.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“No one cares what you know until they know that you care!”
― Benjamin Franklin

“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Write to Please Yourself.
When You write to Please Others
You end up Pleasing No one.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Speak little, do much.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it.”
― Bruce Lee

“A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. ”
― Bruce Lee

“For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“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.”
― Bruce Lee

“Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!”
― Bruce Lee

“Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves.
This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image”
― Bruce Lee

“Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot”
― Bruce Lee

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

“Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.”
― Bruce Lee

“Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.”
― Bruce Lee

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

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
― Albert Einstein