Haroon Chaudhary > Haroon's Quotes

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.”
― Bruce Lee

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

“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

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

“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”
― 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

“Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”
― Bruce Lee

“Now I see that I will never find the light
Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel,
Consuming myself.”
― Bruce Lee

“Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation.”
― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.”
― 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

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

“Boards don't hit back.”
― Bruce Lee

“Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.”
― Bruce Lee

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

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

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

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

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

“If snowflakes are like people, how is anyone lucky enough to find anyone in this world.”
― Lisa Burstein, The Possibility of Us

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
― Rumi

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
― Rumi

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
― Rumi

“What you seek is seeking you.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
― Rumi

“This is a truth: when you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. It is false not to do so, and to die with a weapon yet undrawn.”
― Musashi Miyamoto, The Book of Five Rings

“el rápido se cansa y no puede llegar a tiempo.”
― Miyamoto Musashi, El Libro de los cinco anillos