Bruce Lee on Focus Quotes

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

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

"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."

"Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick."

"The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement... let nature take its course."

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

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

"Concentration is the ROOT of all the higher abilities in man. p. 11"

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

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

"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."

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

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

"It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential."

"Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it."

"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."

"The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action."

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

"Patience is not passive, on the contrary, it is concentrated strength."

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

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

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