Bryce Courtenay Quotes

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• The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better.

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  Running, Believe, Athlete

  Bryce Courtenay (2006). “The Power Of One”, p.676, Penguin UK

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• Love is energy: it can neither be created nor destroyed. It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life and direction to goodness... Love will never die.

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  Love, Law Of Attraction, Giving

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• Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark.

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  Change, Earth Life, Chance

  Bryce Courtenay (1989). “The Power of One”, Random House LLC

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• If you don't know where you are going, then how will you get there? VISUALISE! Make pictures in your mind. See the desination. Imagine your arrival. Dream in perfect detail. See yourself the way you want to be when you arrive. See yourself arriving. Make yourself a road map and study it every day until you know the way and the destination by heart.

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  Dream, Heart, Ambition

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• One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well, soon afterward they are certain to go wrong. It's just the way things are meant to be.

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  Way, Certain, Wells

  Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.67, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

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  Wisdom, Way, Genius

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• I learned that in each of us there burns a flame of independence that must never be allowed to go out. That as long as it exists within us we cannot be destroyed.

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  Flames, Long, Independence

  Bryce Courtenay (1989). “The Power of One”, Random House LLC

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• Always listen to yourself. It is better to be wrong than to simply follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you will grow stronger. If you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life.

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  Taken, Stronger, Matter

  FaceBook post by Bryce Courtenay from Jul 18, 2011

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• Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

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  Power Of One, Conventions, Self Determination

  Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.261, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Intelligence is a harder gift. For this you must work, you must practice it, challenge it, and maybe toward the end of your life you will master it. Cleverness is the shadow, whereas intelligence is the substance. -Doc

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  Practice, Challenges, Shadow

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• Small can beat big, but you must have a plan.

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  Beats, Bigs, Plans

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• Racism does not diminish with brains, it's a disease, a sickness, it may incubate in ignorance but it doesn't necessarily disappear with the gaining of wisdom!

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  Ignorance, Racism, Brain

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• . . . God is too busy making the sun come up and go down and watching so the moon floats just right in the sky to be concerned with color . . . only man wants always God should be there to condemn this one and save that one. Always it is man who wants to make heaven and hell. God is too busy training the bees to make honey and every morning opening up all the new flowers for business.

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  Morning, Flower, Men

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• Never take advice from a donkey.

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  Advice, Power Of One, Donkey

  "Fictional character: Doc". "The Power of One", www.imdb.com. 1992.

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• I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor.

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  Memories, People, Tag

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• Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder, love, and daring. When we cease to tell or listen, then we no longer exist as a people.

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  Wonder Love, Two, People

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• Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite setback and disappointment than they do to the exceptionally gifted who, with the confidence of the talents bestowed upon them, often pursue the tasks leading to success with less determination.

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  Determination, Disappointment, Tasks

  Bryce Courtenay (2010). “The Power Of One: Popular Penguins”, p.775, Penguin UK

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• Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.

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  Too Much, Pebbles, Diamond

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• The imagination is always the best torturer.

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  Imagination

  Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.72, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• In this world are very few things made from logic alone. It is illogical for man to be too logical. Some things we must just let stand. The mystery is more important than any possible explanation. The searcher after truth must search with humanity. Ruthless logic is the sign of a limited mind. The truth can only add to the sum of what you know, while a harmless mystery left unexplored often adds to the meaning of life. When a truth is not so important, it is better left as a mystery.

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  Men, Humanity, Mind

  "The Power of One".

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• I have found in life that everything, no matter how bad, comes to an end.

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  Matter, Power Of One, Ends

  Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.72, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.

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  Art, Winning, Men

  Bryce Courtenay (1989). “The Power of One”, Random House LLC

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• You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is not too hard to play the game.

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  Games, Play, Feet

  Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.96, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• It's good to be a little frightened. It's good to respect your opponent. It keeps you sharp. In the fight game, the head rules the heart. But in the end the heart is the boss.

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  Heart, Fighting, Games

  Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.121, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• . . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

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  Love, Children, Giving

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