Paulo Coelho Quotes

Paulo Coelho famous quotes

1. When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
2. One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
3. Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
4. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
5. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
6. Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
7. The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
8. No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.
9. If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
10. People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being.
11. Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.
12. You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
13. When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day.
14. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
15. If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.
16. Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
17. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
18. Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
19. Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
20. The act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think.
21. Dreams are the language of God.
22. When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.
23. You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
24. Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.
25. The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.
26. People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.
27. If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: Never lie to yourself.
28. Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.
29. You are what you believe yourself to be.
30. Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose-and commit myself to-what is best for me.
31. The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes.
32. Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.
33. If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.
34. Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.
35. Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near.
36. Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
37. Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.
38. The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.
39. Never stop dreaming.
40. If you’re never alone, you cannot know yourself.