Paulo Coelho Quotes & Sayings

“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 yet 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.”

“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.”

“If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”

“Maybe the journey isn’t about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you, so that you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.”

“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”

“If you only walk on sunny days, you'll never reach your destination.”

“Never say maybe when you mean no.”

“All you have to do is to pay attention. Lessons always arrive when you are ready.”

“All you have to do is pay attention: lessons always arrive when you are ready.”

“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.”

“Be a good person, but don’t waste your time proving it.”

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

“Sometimes your heart needs more time to accept what your mind already knows.”

“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about their own.”

“If pain must come, may it come quickly. I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him.”

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

“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 secret of life is to fall seven times and get up eight.”

“So I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”