Bryce Courtenay, AM (14 August 1933 – 22 November 2012) 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.
. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.
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.
Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.
It's not what a man does, it's what a man is that counts!