11 inspiring life lessons from bruce lee

Ravi Kiran (Student) (174 Points)

26 November 2012  

1     Goals

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
 
 
2    Flexibility
"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."
 
 
3    Time
“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”
 
 
4    Service

“Real living is living for others.”
 
 
5    Acceptance
“Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.”
 
 
6    Single-Mindedness

“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.”
 
 
7     Creativity
“Using no way as way, using no limitation as limitation.”
 
 
8     Simplicity


“Simplicity is the key to brilliance.”
 
 
9     Find Your Path

"Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own."
 
 
10   Take Action
"Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do."
 
 
11   Ego

"The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups."