Paulo Coelho Quotes
“the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist
“The greatest gift God gave us is the power to make decisions.”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“no project is completed until its objective has been achieved.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist
“The best way to weaken one's enemy was to get him to believe that you were on his side.”
Paulo Coelho book The Devil and Miss Prym
Source: The Devil and Miss Prym
“Every road i traveled led back to you”
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“I don't want to change anything, because I don't know how to deal with change.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist
“Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), The Defeated Ones
“If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist
“Close cycles. Not because of pride or arrogance, but because that no longer fits your life”
Variant: close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere
“Love lasts because it changes and not because it stays the same and never faces any challenges.”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“I'm not worried about tomorrow, because God is there already, waiting for me.”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant”
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
“With every farewell comes a hidden hope.”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Variant: You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't true love... the love that speaks the Language of the World.
Source: The Alchemist
“To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.”
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“I have a gift for inventing fantasies with extraordinary speed.”
Paulo Coelho book Adultery
Source: Adultery
“Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.”
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
“Not everyone can see his dreams come true in the same way.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist
“Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows. (Brida)”
Paulo Coelho book Brida
Variant: Sometimes the best of gods gift's arrive by the shattering of all the window panes.
Source: Brida
