Tag: Life Quotes

“Those who never take risks can only see other people’s failures.” – Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“The roller coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it’s taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it’s mountaineering; it’s wanting to get to the very top of yourself and to feel angry and dissatisfied when you don’t manage it.” – Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“The man who defends his friends is never overwhelmed by the storms of life; he is strong enough to come through difficulties and to carry on.” – Paulo Coelho, The Manual of the Warrior of the Light

“We’re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroys us.” – Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides To Die

“Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just a part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take risks, to go back where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say “yes” to life?” – Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference nor does he try to make a victory out of it.” – Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain

“God, in his infinite wisdom, hid Hell in the middle of Paradise to keep us on our toes.” – Paulo Coelho, By The River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept

“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.” – Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“It is not difficult to rebuild a life. All we need is to be aware that we have the same strength we had before, and to use it in our favor.” – Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain