Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay, AMwas a South African/Australian advertising director and novelist. He is one of Australia's best-selling authors, notable for his book The Power of One...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 August 1933
mind way exciting
I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.
way certain wells
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.
wisdom way genius
Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.
believe heart men
As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance.
emergencies sometimes sometimes-in-life
sometimes in life doing what we shouldn't do is the emergency
lying believe i-believe
I tell myself lies and soon I believe them.
motivational self-confidence pride
Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.
too-much pebbles diamond
Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.
taken stronger matter
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.
hate past natural
You can't go feeding your hate on the past, it's not natural.
country real night
I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was the real me, where my tears joined the tears of all the sad people to form the three waterfalls in the night country.
matter power-of-one ends
I have found in life that everything, no matter how bad, comes to an end.
brother men compassion
Inside all people there is love, also the need to take care of the other man who is his brother. Inside everyone is a savage, but there is also happening tenderness and compassion.
love children giving
. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.