Shane Curtis > Shane's Quotes

“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

“Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.”
― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“The More we value things, the less we value ourselves”
― Bruce Lee

“If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.”
― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

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

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

“You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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

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

“water is fearless,you put water into a cup,it becomes the cup ,you put water into a teapot it becomes the teapot,water can flow drip ,creap,or crash!”
― Bruce Lee

“The word "superstar" is an ilusion”
― Bruce Lee

“Linda and I aren't one and one. We are two halves that make a whole -- two halves fitted together are more efficient than either half would ever be alone!”
― Bruce Lee

“Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.”
― Bruce Lee

“All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.”
― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“Obey the principles without being bound by them.”
― Bruce Lee

“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”
― Bruce Lee

“Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.”
― Bruce Lee

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

“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”
― Bruce Lee

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

“But neither can you condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on.
You can never invite the wind but you must leave the window open.”
― Bruce Lee

“The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.”
― Bruce Lee

“As long as I can remember I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. My brain becomes magnetized with this dominating force which I hold in my hand.”
― Bruce Lee

“Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.”
― Bruce Lee

“To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.”
― Bruce Lee

“I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times.”
― Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee ― Wisdom for the Way

“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”
― Bruce Lee

“Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.”
― Bruce Lee

“It's like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living