A List of Famous Bruce Lee Quotes

April 18, 2010 1.2K votes 338 voters 30.8K views

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A list of quotes from Bruce Lee. Here are the best Bruce Lee quotes on various subjects. The Bruce Lee quotations list is sorted by popularity, so only the best quotes are at the top of the list. Enjoy these sayings coined by Bruce Lee. You're able to copy this list to build your own just like it, re-rank it to fit your opinions, then publish it to share it on Facebook, Twitter or any other social networks you use on a regular basis. Possibly one of the most iconic martial artists of all time, if Bruce Lee was still alive he might enjoy our Muhammad Ali quotes, commitment quotes, and humility quotes.

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As you think, so shall you become.
Bruce Lee
68 votes
2
Using no way as way
Bruce Lee
36 votes
3
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
Bruce Lee
45 votes
4
Empty your mind. Be formless shapeless like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can either flow, or it can crash! Be like water, my friend.
Bruce Lee
88 votes
5
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
Bruce Lee
42 votes
6
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.
Bruce Lee
28 votes

As you think, so shall you become.

Using no way as way

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

Empty your mind. Be formless shapeless like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can either flow, or it can crash! Be like water, my friend.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

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.