Paulo Coelho: Quotes about life
Paulo Coelho is Brazilian lyricist and novelist. Explore interesting quotes on life.“If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new Hello.
Paulo Coehlo”
Variant: If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
“What makes life interesting are the challenges we face.”
Paulo Coelho book Like the Flowing River
Source: Like the Flowing River
“Life is one long training session in preparation for what will come.”
Paulo Coelho book Aleph
Life and death lose their meaning; there are only challenges to be met with joy and overcome with tranquility.
Aleph (2011)
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“Life sometimes separates people so that they can realize how much they mean to each other.”
Paulo Coelho book The Winner Stands Alone
Source: The Winner Stands Alone
Paulo Coelho book The Devil and Miss Prym
Source: The Devil and Miss Prym [O Demônio e a srta Prym] (2000), p. x; this has also been misquoted as "A moment is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny."
Context: When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.
“… and I discovered something: the meaning of my life was whatever I wanted it to be.”
Paulo Coelho book The Fifth Mountain
Source: The Fifth Mountain
“Your money saved us for three days. It's not often that money saves a person's life.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 167
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Introduction, p. xi.
Source: The Alchemist (1988)
Context: I ask myself: are defeats necessary?
Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for a dream, we have no experience and make mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”
Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes
Source: Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 50.