Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles. Bryce Courtenay More Quotes by Bryce Courtenay More Quotes From Bryce Courtenay 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. Bryce Courtenay athlete running believe 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. Bryce Courtenay earth-life chance change 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. Bryce Courtenay law-of-attraction love giving 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. Bryce Courtenay wells certain way 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. Bryce Courtenay tag memories people Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways. Bryce Courtenay genius wisdom way 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! Bryce Courtenay ignorance racism brain Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. Bryce Courtenay power-of-one self-determination conventions 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. Bryce Courtenay independence flames long Never take advice from a donkey. Bryce Courtenay power-of-one donkey advice 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. Bryce Courtenay ambition dream heart . . . 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. Bryce Courtenay flower morning men 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. Bryce Courtenay tasks determination disappointment When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win. Bryce Courtenay winning men art 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. Bryce Courtenay fighting games heart 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. Bryce Courtenay games feet play 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. Bryce Courtenay stronger taken matter But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope. Bryce Courtenay alive stills book Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth. Bryce Courtenay boxing mouths sometimes I have found in life that everything, no matter how bad, comes to an end. Bryce Courtenay power-of-one ends matter
