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Quotes

"Jeet Kune Do is simply to simplify." -Bruce Lee

"To change with change is the changeless state." -Bruce Lee
 
"The essence of fighting is the art of moving." -Bruce Lee
 
"Concepts vs. understanding - If you learn concepts, if you work for information, then you don't understand, you only explain. When a man is thinking he stands off from what he is trying to understand." -Bruce Lee
 
"Every man today is the result of his thoughts from yesterday." -Bruce Lee
 
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water. Now you
put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a
bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes
the teapot. Now water can flow, or it can crash! Be water, my friend." -Bruce Lee
 
"Fully developed individuals go beyond styles and systems." -Bruce Lee
 
"If you understand motion, you don't need style." -Bruce Lee
 
"JKD is not about fighting, it is about developing yourself into a total human being."  -Bruce Lee
 
"There is only one Jeet Kune Do." -Chris Kent
 
"We teach JKD, what we hope for is personal liberation." -Chris Kent
 
"I can teach you how to use your tools, but how you use them is up to you." -Chris Kent
 
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." -anonymous
 
"With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun." -anonymous
 
"If you love life, life will love you back." -A. Rubinstein
 
"Arrogance is an impediment to wisdom." -anonymous
 
"It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune." -Sophocles
 
"The spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they." -King Agis of Sparta
 
"The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be." -Socrates
 
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." -Aristotle