Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

Quote by Andre Malraux

Topics: Courage Quotes, Failure Quotes, Success Quotes

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

Art is a revolt against fate.

Art is a revolt against fate.

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither...

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither...

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love...

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love...

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves - is what I call hell

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves - is what I call hell

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism...

No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen...

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen...