Quotes by Paulo Coelho

“For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.”

“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”

“The strongest have their moments of fatigue”

“If you start by promising what you dont even have yet, youll lose your desire to work towards, getting it.”

“Beauty is the greatest seducer of man”

“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.”

“You have to risk going too far to discover just how far you can really go.”

“Do not fear risk. All exploration, all growth is calculated. Without challenge people cannot reach their higher selves. Only if we are willing to walk over the edge can we become winners.”

“If youre not making mistakes, youre not taking risks, and that means youre not going anywhere. The key is to make mistakes faster than the competition, so you have more changes to learn and win.”

“Its not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. Its because we dare not venture that they are difficult.”

“When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be someone who I am I found myself. When I was humilated and yet I kept on walking, I realised I was free to choose my own Destiny”

“Why do we have to listen to our hearts? Because, wherever your heart is, that is where youll find your treasure.”

“Why do we have to listen to our hearts? Because, wherever your heart is, that is where youll find your treasure.But my heart is agitated, the boy said. It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and its become passionate over a woman of the desert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights, when Im thinking about her. Well, thats good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say.”

“It (destiny) is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.”

“Its the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.”

“Its the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

“The Soul of the World is nourished by peoples happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize ones Personal Legend is a persons only real obligation. All things are one. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

“The biggest mistake of the man is that he thinks he doesnt deserve the good and the bad things from his life.”

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.”

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