Explore Quotes by Paulo Coelho

God only allows us to see such things when he wants something to change

If I believe I will win, then victory will believe in me.

You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points.

No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end. You are worth it.

A Warrior knows that the ends do not justify the means. Because there are no ends, there are only means.

Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.

I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing, I learned calligraphy. I go to courses on selling, I read one book after another. But that's all a way of avoiding those moments when nothing is happening, because those blank spaces give me a feeling of absolute emptiness, in which not a single crumb of love exists.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason.

The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats.

The Good Fight is the one that we fight in the name of our dreams.

Try to be "good", you'll be judged. Try to be yourself, you'll be criticized. Therefore, choose the second option. Evil uses the "nice good people" as puppets. It appears dressed as a poor guy, telling them that he needs help...When these people realize they have been used, it is already too late.

Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees

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

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.

We don't always choose the best solution but we carry on regardless, trying to remain upright and decent in order to do honor not to the walls or the doors or the windows but to the empty space inside, the space where we worship and venerate what is dearest and most important to us.

With love, there are no rules. The heart decides and what it decides is all that really matters.

It isn't expectations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on.

Choosing a path means having to miss out on others

Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.

A lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes right.