Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souza (born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian poet and writer.
41 quotes.
Quotes by Paulo Coelho
- Accept your past without regrets, and face your future without fears.
- Always ask yourself if what you’re doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.
- An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming.
- An enthusiastic heart finds opportunities everywhere.
- Be brave, take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
- Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed
- Collect moments. Not things.
- Don’t allow anyone to steal your joy.
- For better or worse, what you allow will continue.
- Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose and to commit ourselves to our goals and values.
- Friendship is not about whom you know the longest. It is about who came and never left.
- Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier.
- How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves.
- If you want to be successful in life, respect one rule: never lie to yourself.
- It’s better to cross the line and suffer the consequences than to just stare at the line for the rest of your life.
- It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
- Knowledge without transformation is not wisdom.
- Make peace with your past so it won’t destroy your present.
- Never apologize for being yourself.
- One day you will wake up & there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.
- Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
- Overnight success takes decades of daily work.
- Postpone joy, it will diminish. Postpone a problem, it will grow.
- Relax. One bad chapter does not mean it’s the end of the book.
- Saying “yes” or “maybe” when we mean no, cheapens our word, diminishes our sense of self-respect, and compromises our integrity.
- Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.
- Some people around you will not understand your journey. They don’t need to; it’s not for them.
- The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.
- The distance between dreams and reality is called discipline.
- The only power you have on this planet is the power of your decisions.
- The past is a nice place to visit, but not the right place to stay.
- The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.
- To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.
- Wasted time is worse than wasted money.
- What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace
- When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.
- When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
- You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.
- You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
- You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.