Bruce Lee on Fitness Quotes

"A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready."

"Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality."

"To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are."

"Endurance is the result of a steady, rhythmic breathing and a relaxed body."

"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."

"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water."

"Real living is living for others."

"If you don't have flexibility, you don't have anything."

"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."

"The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits."

"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."

"Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own."

"The body must be kept in prime condition, for it is the vehicle of the soul."

"The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be."

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

"Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential."

"As you think, so shall you become."

"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done."

"Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity."

"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves."

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own."

"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

"Since life is an ever-evolving process, one should flow in this process and discover how to actualize and expand oneself."

"You must have a complete physical workout, for if you are not physically fit, you are not mentally fit."

"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."

"Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against."

"To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do."