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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

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...

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

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.

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

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

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...

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...