Quotes by Paulo Coelho

• 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.
• The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.
• One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
• You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
• You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
• You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
• When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
• When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.
• We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.
• Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
• Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
• 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.
• No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.
• Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.
• Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.
• Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.
• If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
• Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.
• Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
• Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.
• Love is the only treasure that multiplies when shared.
• Dare to live the life you've always imagined; it's better to regret what you have done than what you haven't.
• Remember that the greatest wealth is health - take care of your body and soul equally.
• The biggest mistake you can make is listening to people who have given up on their dreams, telling you to give up on yours.
• The biggest mistake you can make is listening to people who have given up on their own dreams.
• Life is a story written with the ink of our choices.
• The only thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve is the fear of failure.
• The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.
• Every storm is a teacher; every trial a blessing in disguise.
• Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.
• Illusions are the shadows cast by almost every truth.
• All limitations are self-imposed
• Life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.
• The possibility of a dream coming true is what makes life interesting.
• When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
• Time is on like a river, you cannot touch the same water twice because the flow that has passed will never pass again
• Do not wait for life. Live it
• The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.
• Impossible is just an opinion
• It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
• Fear is the prison of your dreams, break free and set your spirit alight.
• You will never be able to escape from your heart, so it's better to listen to what it has to say
• Do what you love and the universe will conspire in your favor.
• A mistake repeated more than once is a decision
• You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
• Do what you love and the universe will conspire on your behalf.
• Wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
• Life is like a book, and those who don't travel only read one page.
• Life has a way of testing a person's will. Either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.
• If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine - it's lethal.
• Success is failing seven times and getting up eight.
• A great opportunity is often disguised as misfortune.
• A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.
• 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.
• Adventure may sometimes hurt you, but monotony will kill you.
• Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you softly.
• Adventure may hurt you much, but monotony will kill you softly.
• Adventure may be dangerous, but monotony is fatal.
• Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will drain you of life itself.
• Adventure may hurt you, but stagnation will bury you.
• Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will mute you.
• If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it's lethal.
• Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will deathfully bore you.
• Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you. It's your choice.
• Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will cosume you.
• Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you quietly.
• Adventure may hurt you, but regular *jealousy* will kill you.
• Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will doubt you.
• Adventure may hurt you, but stagnation will betray you.
• Success is like a fart—everyone sees it, but no one wants to hear about it.
• Adventure may hurt you, but routine will assassinate you.