Bruce Lee on Passion Quotes

"A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough."

"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."

"For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime."

"Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else’s view or a mere book."

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

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."

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

"Obey the principles without being bound by them."

"What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become."

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

"I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine."

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

"Real living is living for others."

"The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it."

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

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

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

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

"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."

"Art is the expression of the soul."

"Showing off is the fool's idea of glory."

"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."

"Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier."

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

"As you think, so shall you become."

"One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

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

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

"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself."

"Sorrow is the best educator for one who has a heart that can feel and a mind that can think."

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