TLI Staff
It’s Monday again and as much as some of us are drained to face another day at work, a new week comes with fresh possibilities. So when things are not going your way at work or otherwise, just make a cup of coffee and settle down to read these amazing quotes by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. Who knows you may unravel a fantastic chapter of your life.
1. It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
– Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
2. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
– Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
3. Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don’t know what to do with it.
– Paulo Coelho, Like the Flowing River
4. Cry if you need to, it’s good to cry out all your tears, because only then you will be able to smile again…
– Paulo Coelho, Like the Flowing River
5. Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it’s best that I get used to that.
– Paulo Coelho, Like the Flowing River
6. So you, too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person
– Paulo Coelho, Like the Flowing River
7. Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
– Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
8. When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.
– Paulo Coelho, The Zahir
9. When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
– Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
10. Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
– Paulo Coelho, Brida
11. 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, Veronika Decides to Die
12. People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.
– Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die
13. 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, Eleven Minutes
14. Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.
– Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym