Bruce Lee was a famous martial artist, actor, and philosopher who was born on November 27th, 1940 in Chinatown, San Francisco and died in 1973 from an allergic reaction to pain medication. These 114 Bruce Lee quotes epitomize his respect for humanity and his desire that everyone achieve personal growth through self-reflection.
Bruce Lee Quotes
The function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential
- Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal
- A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at
- Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it
- If there is a God, he is within
- Choose the positive
- Optimism is a faith that leads to success
- Knowledge will give you power, but character respect
- Obey the principles without being bound by them
- Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience
- To realize that it’s just an inconvenience, that it is not a catastrophe, but just an unpleasantness, is part of coming into own, part of waking up
Quotes About Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee is arguably the most influential martial artist of all time – and his work as an actor and filmmaker marked a turning point in the way Asians were depicted in film in the U.S.
- People still wonder about how Bruce died, but I prefer to remember how he lived.
Fun Facts About Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee once kicked a man so hard that it broke a bystander’s arm when the man he had kicked fell into him
- Due to Bruce Lee’s bad eye sight, he was one of the very first people to try contact lenses
- Lee was a champion Cha Cha Dancer in Hong Kong
- He won a Cha Cha dancing competition when he was in high school
- Known for legendary workouts, Lee could do up to 200 pushups or 100 pushups on one hand
