October 6 2022

91 Paulo Coelho Quotes (That May Inspire You To Follow Your Dreams)

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It is clear that he is very influential, whose philosophy has affected so many lives. Hopefully, the following anthology of Paulo Coelho quotes will inspire you to believe in yourself and to chase your dreams.

Paulo Coelho de Souza (born 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and the recipient of numerous international awards. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1987 “The Alchemist” was published but the slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel. “The Alchemist” eventually became one of the best selling Brazilian books of all time.

His 26 books have been translated in at least 59 languages and so far and he has sold over 65 million copies. Paulo Coelho is also a keen user of electronic media, having almost 30 million followers on Facebook and 15 million followers on Twitter. Apart from that, in 2014 he uploaded his personal papers online to create a virtual Paulo Coelho Foundation.

Powerful Paulo Coelho Short quotes
Inspiring quotes by Paulo Coelho To Think About
Paulo Coelho’s Intellectual quotes

Insightful quotes by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho Optimistic quotes
Romantic quotes by Paulo Coelho
Empowering quotes by Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho’s Poetic quotes
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Powerful Paulo Coelho Short quotes

We pretend to be strong because we are weak. Paulo Coelho
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. Paulo Coelho

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. Paulo Coelho
Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear. Paulo Coelho
How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it. Paulo Coelho
You are what you believe yourself to be. Paulo Coelho

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Paulo Coelho
Tears are words that need to be written. Paulo Coelho
Collective madness is called sanity. Paulo Coelho
Your eyes show the strength of your soul. Paulo Coelho

To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation. Paulo Coelho
Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. Paulo Coelho

Inspiring quotes by Paulo Coelho To Think About

Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. Paulo Coelho
You have two choices, to control your mind or to let your mind control you. Paulo Coelho

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times. Paulo Coelho
A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires. Paulo Coelho
Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart. Paulo Coelho
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say. Paulo Coelho

Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily. Paulo Coelho
Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention. Paulo Coelho
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. Paulo Coelho
When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises. Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho’s Intellectual quotes

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path. Paulo Coelho

The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter. Paulo Coelho
What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows. Paulo Coelho
Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time. Paulo Coelho
No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy. Paulo Coelho
If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own. Paulo Coelho

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them. Paulo Coelho
No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it. Paulo Coelho
People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction. Paulo Coelho
What’s the world’s greatest lie? It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. Paulo Coelho
Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions. Paulo Coelho

Insightful quotes by Paulo Coelho

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. Paulo Coelho
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering. Paulo Coelho
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. Paulo Coelho
Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson. Paulo Coelho
If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid. Paulo Coelho

People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same. Paulo Coelho
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. Paulo Coelho
Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things. Paulo Coelho
Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time. Paulo Coelho
If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it. Paulo Coelho

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves. Paulo Coelho
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose – and commit myself to – what is best for me. Paulo Coelho
Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant. Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho Optimistic quotes

When you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward. Paulo Coelho
People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of. Paulo Coelho

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided. Paulo Coelho
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. Paulo Coelho
It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. Paulo Coelho
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now. Paulo Coelho
When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive. Paulo Coelho

None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith. Paulo Coelho
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly. Paulo Coelho
If there is any possible consolation in the tragedy of losing someone we love very much, it’s the necessary hope that perhaps it was for the best. Paulo Coelho

Romantic quotes by Paulo Coelho

Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone. Paulo Coelho
Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person. The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with. Paulo Coelho

Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing. Paulo Coelho
Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused. Paulo Coelho
When you’re in love, you’re capable of learning everything and knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love is the key to understanding of all the the mysteries. Paulo Coelho
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. Paulo Coelho
This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you. Paulo Coelho

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows. Paulo Coelho
In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility. Paulo Coelho
If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free. Paulo Coelho

Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn’t what romantic songs tell us it is – love simply is. Paulo Coelho
In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel. Paulo Coelho
When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries. Paulo Coelho

Empowering quotes by Paulo Coelho

No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up & show up. Paulo Coelho
No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it. Paulo Coelho
Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you. Paulo Coelho

Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say yes to life? Paulo Coelho
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. Paulo Coelho
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I view my life. Paulo Coelho
Don’t listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people’s failures. Paulo Coelho

I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side. Paulo Coelho
There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey. Paulo Coelho
Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed. Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho’s Poetic quotes

Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. Paulo Coelho
Behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire. Paulo Coelho

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle. You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one. Paulo Coelho
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself. Paulo Coelho
At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss. Paulo Coelho
We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body. Paulo Coelho
I’m not a body with a soul, I’m a soul that has a visible part called the body. Paulo Coelho

When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left! How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds. Paulo Coelho
If I am really a part of your dream, you’ll come back one day. Paulo Coelho