I just wanted to know out of all the sayings of the late bruce lee what is your favorite quote and WHY?

Mine is,

"empty your mind, be formless, be shapeless, like water.
Now you take water, you put it into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put it water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash.
Be like water my friend".

I like this quote because it is where we all strive to be.

Also i like,

"It is a great mistake to anticipate the outcome of the engagement. You ought not to think wether it ends in victory or defeat, but let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment".

I like it because it has truth as do most of his quote.

Thanks for your replys in advance..

respect to you all.....

Hey I got a better idea, how about you tell me one that you have come up with yourself? I know this is a JKD forum and we all love Bruce Lee but really, I think it would make it more interesting if people posted their own motivational quotes to show that they are using their own creativity and ingenuity rather than rehashing a burnt out subject. Most everyone on here (me including) is a Bruce Lee fan and it seems a lot of people know a ton of his sayings. The water one is a good one but it's starting to become a broken record. Switching things up keeps ideas fresh and interesting.

To Define Tao is to Defile it.
Bruce Lee

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Knowledge is a memory
wisdom is a practice

Ricky

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Jeremiah 10:14 - Every man is stupid and without knowledge

The Bible

"I've named my style jeet kune do - reason for my not sticking to Wing Chun is because I sincerely feel that my style has more to offer regarding efficiency" - Bruce Lee (Excerpt from Bruce Lee Volume Three: Jeet Kune Do. Edited by John Little/page. 54

"I do not teach because I do not believe in styles"
- Bruce Lee (Excerpt from Bruce Lee Volume Three: Jeet Kune Do. Edited by John Little /page. 59
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" Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. " - Jesus (Excerpt from Matthew 10:34-35)

"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful." - Jesus (Excerpt from John 14:27)
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Stamp out the ego, before the ego stamps you out!

Your first weapon is your month, use it wisely.

learn to teach people not with you fists..



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"You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."

"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating."

George W Bush

Yes Sean! Sinatra's the man!

"Hand to hand...it is the basis of all combat. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon." - Gray Fox

"Only after disaster can we be resurected; only after you've lost everything you are free to do anything." - Tyler Durden

"You are not how much money you have in the bank, you are not the car you drive, you are not the contents of your wallet, you are not your f*cking khaki's, you are not special, you are not a unique or beautiful snowflake, you are the all-singing all-dancing crap of the world, you are the same decaying matter as everything else on this planet." (or something along those lines) - Tyler Durden

"We're here on a very ominous assignment, with overtones of extreme personal danger. My attorney understands this despite his racial handicap." - Raoul Duke

"The only thing I did in my life was... fight...but at least I always fought for what I believed in." - Gray Fox

"Everybody feels sick the first time they kill someone. Unfortunately, killing is one of those things that gets easier the more you do it." - Solid Snake

"No one lives in the slums because they want to. It's like this train. It can't run anywhere except where its rails take it." - Cloud Strife

"How can there be any meaning in the memory of such a being? What I have shown you is reality. What you remember, that is the illusion." Sephiroth

"Because... you are a puppet." - Sephiroth

"...she smiled till the end." - Cloud Strife (I think I'm about to shed a tear, for those of you who know what I'm talking about you'd know why)

"Power without perception is useless." - Forgot who said that

"Sit down and drink your damn tea!" - Cid Highwind

"You forgot one very important thing mate... I'm Cap'N Jack Sparrow" - DUH!

"Civilization is crumbling." Bill the Butcher

"I will not fear, fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear, I will allow it to pass over me and through me. And when the fear has gone I will turn the inner-eye to see it's path. Where the fear is gone, there will be nothing, only I will remain." Paul Muad'Dib

Damn I have so many more but I should stop now before I write a book.

I'll rest when I'm dead.

My dad

You must learn to walk before you can run. Never get in a hurry to learn .But take the time to learn. Then you will Know what you Know and can do what you do.

"Crawl before you walk; walk before you run."

Phases ®

Phases

"Power without perception, is useless" that is Fist of the North Star (manga version) only the best manga ever made. Can you tell I'm a fan.

Question everything, Know nothing.

I said that, not Phases.

When asked what he would do if faced with an opponent that was faster, stronger, and infinitely more skilled, my instructor replied, "I'd kick his ass for being a god damn liar!"

"The only people I am prejudiced against are dumb-asses, and you just made the top of my list. Why? Because you are an ass. Who is very dumb." -Zub-Zub, to hedgehogey.

"...well no sh!t Captain Obvious, leader of the No-Sh!t gang!" -Zub-Zub

this one is very optimistic..."life's a bitch, it sucks, then you die!" lol