# Quote — Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

> I never seek to defeat the man I'm fighting, I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals -true equals- only when they both have equal confidence.

- Author: [Arthur Golden](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-golden.md)
- Book: [Memoirs of a Geisha](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-golden/memoirs-of-a-geisha.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-golden/memoirs-of-a-geisha/i-never-seek

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> Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they’ve simply heard of.

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> A tree may look as beautiful as ever, but when you notice insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence.

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