Bruce Lee citáty

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„Chyby sú vždy odpustiteľné, keď má daná osoba odvahu ich priznať.“

„Nemodlite sa pre ľahší život, modlite sa pre silu, vďaka ktorej vydržíte ťažký život.“

„Cieľ nemá byť vždy dosiahnutý, často slúži iba na to, aby sme mali na čo zamieriť.“

„Berte veci tak, ako sú. Udrite, keď musíte udrieť. Kopnite, keď musíte kopnúť.“

„Ak milujete život, neplytvajte časom, pretože čas je to, z čoho sa život skladá.“

„Vedomosti nestačia, musíme ich aplikovať. Nestačí chcieť, musíme konať.“

„Dobrý učiteľ chráni žiakov aj pred svojim vlastným vplyvom.“

„Hocijaká technika, nech je akákoľvek vzácna a žiadaná, sa stáva chorobou, ak je ňou posadnutá myseľ.“

„Láska je ako priateľstvo, ktoré horí. Spočiatku je iba ako plameň, veľmi pekná, často horúca a divoká, ale stále iba slabá a blikajúca. A ako láska starne a naše srdcia dozrievajú, je ako uhlie, hlboko horiaca a neuhasiteľná.“

„Buďte šťastní, ale nikdy spokojní.“

„Neboj sa zlyhania. Nie zlyhanie, ale nízky cieľ, je trestný čin. Pri veľkých pokusoch je slávne aj zlyhanie.“

„Vyvážte svoje myšlienky činmi. Ak strávite príliš veľa času premýšľaním nad nejakou vecou, nikdy ju nespravíte.“

„Čím menej sa namáhate, tým budete rýchlejší a výkonnejší.“

„K čertu s okolnosťami, ja vytváram príležitosti.“

„Prispôsobte sa užitočnému, odmietnite zbytočné a pridajte niečo, čo je len vaše.“

„Všimnite si, že najtuhší strom sa najľahšie zlomí, zatiaľ čo bambus alebo vŕba prežijú vďaka ohýbaniu vetrom.“

„Ako myslíš, takým sa staneš.“

„Vždy buďte sami sebou, vyjadrite sa, verte si, nehľadajte úspešnú osobnosť, ktorú by ste odkopírovali.“

„Ak stále vymedzuješ a chlievikuješ všetko, čo robíš – či už fyzicky alebo nejako inak – rozšíri sa to do tvojej práce a do tvojho života. Niet obmedzení. Sú len úrovne a na tých nesmieš zostať, musíš sa snažiť dostať ďalej a vyššie.“

„Spoznať seba samého znamená skúmať seba samého pri jednaní s druhou osobou.“

„Nerozmýšľajte o tom, kto má pravdu, kto sa mýli alebo kto je lepší. Nebuďte za ani proti.“

„Žiadne pevne stanovené vzory nie sú schopné prispôsobivosti alebo ohybnosti. Pravda sa nachádza mimo nich.“

„Prípravou na zajtrajšok je tvrdá práca už dnes.“

“Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.”

“Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.”

“You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.”

“I believe in sleeping.”

“Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people — because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it — I don't care how good you are.”

“Cease negative mental chattering. — If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.”

“Conditioning obstructs our view of reality. — We do not see IT in its suchness because of our indoctrination, crooked and twisted.”

“Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.”

“Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact.”

“The perfect way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart; if you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between "for" and "against" is the mind's worst disease.”

“What you HABITUALLY THINK largely determines what you will ultimately become.”

“The primary reality is not what I think, but that I live, for those also live who do not think.”

“The Moment is freedom. — I couldn't live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them.”

“Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.”

“Choose the positive. — You have choice — you are master of your attitude — choose the POSITIVE, the CONSTRUCTIVE. Optimism is a faith that leads to success.”

“When asked what the difference between a karate punch and a kung-fu punch was during his first U. S. screen test in 1965, Bruce Lee replied, “Well, a karate punch is like being hit by an iron bar—whack! A kung-fu punch is like being hit by an iron ball swung on an iron chain with an iron ball attached to the end—it goes WHANG!—and it hurts inside.” Then he stood up and showed exactly what that might look like in a flurry of hands and feet moving so fast they blurred.”

“To be perfectly frank, I really do not.”

“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 your own, part of waking up.”

“To realize freedom the mind has to learn to look at life, which is a vast movement, without the bondage of time, for freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness — care for watching, but don't stop and interpret "I am free," then you're living in a memory of something that has gone before.”

“Knowledge, surely, is always of time, whereas knowing is not of time. Knowledge is from a source, from accumulation, from conclusion, while knowing is a movement.”

“Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, unrhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.”

“The timeless moment. — The "moment" has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time.”

“Seek to understand the root. — It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.”

“You have to keep your reflexes so that when you want it — it’s there. When you want to move — you are moving. And when you move, you are determined to move! Not accepting even one inch less than 100 percent of your honest feelings. Not anything less than that. So that is the type of thing you have to train yourself into. To become one with your feelings so that, when you think — it is.”

“Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare. — There is "what is" only when there is no comparison at all, and to live with what is, is to be peaceful.”

“Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.”

“True thusness is without defiling thought; it cannot be known through conception and thought.”

“For a moment
The surrounding utters no sound.
Time ceases.
The Paradise of Dreams come true.”

“Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.”