Bryce Courtenay Quotes

Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.

The presence of any humility in my life is purely and completely an evidence of God's grace. From my perspective, I am not a humble man. I am a proud man pursuing humility by the grace of God.

There are things God does for me daily, and it throws me into brain lock, because I know in my heart I don't deserve that kind of grace. I don't deserve that break.

It is true that I have been studying both humility and pride for many years for the purpose of weakening pride in my own life and cultivating humility by the grace of God.

I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.

Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.

Except for the grace of God, I would be nobody - and that grace is the opposite of merit - human labour, education or human wisdom.

By God's grace, I'm not hungry for publicity, God has given me enough to fend for myself.

Pray God, keep us simple.

I never expected anything to be given to me.

A little prosperity and peace, or even a turn slightly for the better, can bring us feelings of self-sufficiency. We can feel quickly that we are in control of our lives, that the change for the better is our own doing, not that of a God who communicates to us through the still, small voice of the Spirit.

I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate.

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!

It don't take a lot to make me happy. I'm not spoiled like that.

The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know.

When I'm in the house of God, I don't wear my jewelry, if you're looking for my jewelry. All you see is my heart of gold.

I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction.' That's the whole trip in life, ya know.

By nature, I sit alone in a room and type... My goal was never celebrity.

When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I did my best, and God did the rest.

The word 'grace' means after we must have done everything humanly possible, we must leave the issue with God. That is grace.

My journey has been good, and by God's grace, I have not changed.

My aim is just to remain as humble and as godly as I can be.