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Arthur Bryce Courtenay, AM was 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. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. August 1933 – 22. November 2012
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Famous Bryce Courtenay Quotes

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

Bryce Courtenay The Power of One

Source: The Power of One

“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.”

Bryce Courtenay The Power of One

Variant: Pride is holding your head up high when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.
Source: The Power of One

“But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.”

Bryce Courtenay The Power of One

Source: The Power of One

Bryce Courtenay Quotes

“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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“Always listen to yourself… It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.”

Bryce Courtenay The Power of One

Source: The Power of One

“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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“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 The Power of One

Source: The Power of One

“First with the head, then with the heart, you'll be ahead from the start.”

Bryce Courtenay The Power of One

Variant: First with the head, then with the heart.
Source: The Power of One

“Never take advice from a donkey.”

Bryce Courtenay The Power of One

Source: The Power of One

“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 The Power of One

Source: The Power of One

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