Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Athletes
Born in San Francisco in 1940 and raised in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee
Born in San Francisco in 1940 and raised in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was the founder of Jeet Kune Do and the 20th century's most influential martial artist. He systematized fighting as philosophy, broke through Hollywood's racial barriers to become its first Asian leading man, and died at thirty-two, leaving a legacy that spans combat sports, cinema, and personal development. His influence on MMA, action filmmaking, and Eastern philosophy in the West remains immeasurable.
View this figure's profile
Born in San Francisco in 1940 and raised in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee's Other Quotes
Related Quotes
Fortune lies in heaven. Armor lies in the heart. Achievement lies in the legs.
-- The 'Dragon of Echigo' — a Sengoku-era warlord whose devotion to righteous warfare and Buddhist faith made him Japan's most paradoxical military figure
This man might be the one to seize the realm.
-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi's chief strategist and the architect of his greatest victories
In war, a victory of sixty percent is the best. Total victory breeds complacency.
-- The 'Tiger of Kai' who transformed his landlocked mountain domain into one of Sengoku Japan's most formidable military powers
I do not mind hardship — only let it be hardship that matters.
-- The radical samurai who created Japan's first modern militia and ignited the revolution that ended feudal rule
Making this uninteresting world interesting.
-- The radical samurai who created Japan's first modern militia and ignited the revolution that ended feudal rule
An army's strength lies not in numbers, but in discipline.
-- A 4th-century BCE Chinese general and military the