Paulo Coelho Quotes

“Listen to your heart. It knows everything.”

“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”

“Hold the hand of the child within you. For this child, nothing is impossible.”

“We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are.”

“It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you’re capable of far more than you imagined.”

“I carry with me many scars, but I also carry with me moments that would not have happened if I had not dared to go beyond my limits.”

“It’s always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own.”

“Tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people.”

“It is easy to be a hater. Go for the difficult task: be a lover!”

“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”

“Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it’s possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains.”

“The world we live in will be either better or worse depending on whether we become better or worse.”

“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.”

“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose yours.”

“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.”

“I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.”

“If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you to get what you want.”

“When I had all the answers, the questions changed.”

“Blessed are those who are not afraid to admit that they don’t know something.”

“Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.”

“Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not.”

“Live fully, love deeply, let go with no bitterness.”

“The energy of hatred won’t get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way.”

“There is no time to leave important words unsaid.”

“In dire times you can lose joy, but you can’t lose hope. Hope is your guide.”

“Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.”

“The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people’s opinions.”

“If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.”

“One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.”

“Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”

“Fortunate are those who take the first steps.”

“Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.”

“Your decision to walk creates the path ahead.”

“Stop thinking about life and choose to live it.”

“Knowledge without transformation is not wisdom.”

“Postpone joy, it will diminish. Postpone a problem, it will grow.”

“Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you.”

“Choosing one path means abandoning others - if you try to follow every possible path you will end up following none.”

“The great victory, which appears so simple today, was the result of a series of small victories that went unnoticed.”

“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.”

“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”

“The only thing tragedy gives us is the opportunity to rebuild our life.”

“When you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.”

“Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.”

“Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don’t want to and when we think we don’t need to.”

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”

“Give yourself freedom to try out new things. Don’t be so set in your ways that you can’t grow.”

“When faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been, it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.”

“The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.”

“You can’t avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.”