13 Bruce Lee Quotes on Action

Bruce Lee quotes on action

4. A good martial artist does not become tense but ready. Not thinking yet not dreaming, ready for whatever may come. A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and face the consequences of his own doing. To have no technique, there is no opponent, because the word 'I' does not exist. When the opponent expands I contract and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, 'I' do not hit, 'It' hits all by itself.

6. Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life. Do not be concerned with escaping safely - lay your life before him.

22. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

64. Balance your thoughts with action. - If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

66. Life is better lived than conceptualized. - This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I've come to understand that life is best to be lived - not to be conceptualized. If you have to think, you still do not understand.

77. If you want to learn to swim, jump into the water. On dry land, no frame of mind is ever going to help you.

117. Jeet Kune Do uses no way as way. The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.

118. Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.

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

148. The main characteristic JKD is the absence of the usual classical passive blocking. Blocking is the least efficient. Jeet Kune-Do is offensive; it's alive and it's free.

153. The point is doing of them rather than the accomplishments. There is no actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience.

158. There are lots of guys around the world that are lazy. They have big fat guts. They talk about chi power and things they can do, but don't believe it.

180. Your best move.... is the move you regret not doing.