Paulo Coelho Quotes

Timidity puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them.

Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you.

Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don’t know what to do with it.

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

There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose – and commit myself to – what is best for me.

People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them.

You must always know what it is that you want.

You have two choices, to control your mind or to let your mind control you.

Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don’t be afraid to be the best.

Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs – but move on.

Close some doors today, not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine: it is lethal.

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

A life without cause is a life without effect.

Fortunate are those who take the first steps

Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.

Miracles only happen if you believe in miracles.

Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy.

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

All you have to do is pay attention: lessons always arrive when you are ready.

Live truly and forgive quickly.

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

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.

You are what you believe yourself to be.

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.

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.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

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

When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.

Don’t waste your time with explanations, people only hear what they want to hear.

The act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think.

Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.

If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule – Never lie to yourself.

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

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.

If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

I’m not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

Never explain. Your friends won’t need it. And haters will continue to hate (because they also hate themselves).

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near.

Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.

So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.

You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.

We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.

There is no time to leave important words unsaid.

A life without a cause is a life without effect.

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.

Fight for your dreams, and your dreams will fight for you.

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

If you believe in victory, then victory will believe in you.

If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.

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

The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.

Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.

Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.

Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

The axe always forgets. The tree always remembers.

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly.

If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.

Your eyes show the strength of your soul.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

Nothing in this world happens by chance.

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

Don’t explain. Your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you.

If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

If it’s still in your mind, it is still in your heart.

Tears are words that need to be written.

What hurts us is what heals us.

Remember the saying, What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger? It’s true!

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

And, when you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.

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

It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.

The most important experiences we can have are those that take us to the very limit. That is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.

The world lies in the hands of those who have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams – each according to his or her own talent.

Those who never take risks can only see other people’s failures.

All battles in life serve to teach us something, even the battles we lose.

Don’t listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people’s failures.

Someday’, ‘maybe’ and ‘if’ are very dangerous words that must be avoided.

Go for the impossible. I always tried to find my own limits. So far I did not find them, so my universe is in constant expansion.