They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

Joseph Conrad
About This Quote

When great people rise to the top, their success relies on their ability to conquer. However, once they have conquered, what are they? They are conquerors. It’s not about being strong or tough, but only brute force. It’s not about being clever or clever but only having brute force or power.

This is exactly what you want when you are in the world of competition. You want to be strong and tough but that is all you are when you are in competition. There is nothing else to boast of.

Once you have power over other people, there is nothing else to boast of because your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. When you are in the world of competition, you will not be able to stop other people because it is their weakness that allows you to move ahead.

Source: Heart Of Darkness

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More Quotes By Joseph Conrad
  1. Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.
  2. Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.
  3. My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see.
  4. Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
  5. Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear
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