Top 500 Paulo Coelho Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Imagine a new story for your life and start living it.”

— Paulo Coelho

102. “It’s always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own.”

— Paulo Coelho

103. “I don’t regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears.”

— Paulo Coelho

104. “Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force. Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning. Don’t give up. Remember, it’s always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”

— Paulo Coelho

105. “If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because 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.”

— Paulo Coelho

106. “Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.”

— Paulo Coelho

107. “With the rain, falls the wisdom of heaven.”

— Paulo Coelho

108. “Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.”

— Paulo Coelho

109. “Never apologize for being yourself.”

— Paulo Coelho

110. “Death frees from the fear of dying.”

— Paulo Coelho

111. “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

112. “If you only walk on sunny days you’ll never reach your destination.”

— Paulo Coelho

113. “Borges said there are only four stories to tell: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power and the voyage. All of us writers rewrite these same stories ad infinitum.”

— Paulo Coelho

114. “You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.”

— Paulo Coelho

115. “Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you.”

— Paulo Coelho

116. “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

117. “If one day I could get out of here, I would allow myself to be crazy. Everyone is indeed crazy, but the craziest are the ones who don’t know they’re crazy; they just keep repeating what others tell them to.”

— Paulo Coelho

118. “You can’t change the wind. But you can adjust the sails to reach your destination.”

— Paulo Coelho

119. “You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go far.”

— Paulo Coelho

120. “Follow your dreams, transform your life.”

— Paulo Coelho

121. “When I had all the answers, the questions changed.”

— Paulo Coelho

122. “Love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. To love somebody isn’t just a strong feeling. It is a decision, a judgment, and a promise.”

— Paulo Coelho

123. “When in doubt, just take the next small step.”

— Paulo Coelho

124. “The darkest hour was just before dawn.”

— Paulo Coelho

125. “If you don’t care about what people think, you already passed the first step of success.”

— Paulo Coelho

126. “People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”

— Paulo Coelho

127. “Your decision to walk creates the path ahead.”

— Paulo Coelho

128. “Don’t give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door.”

— Paulo Coelho

129. “I start to think that I’m losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.”

— Paulo Coelho

130. “The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.”

— Paulo Coelho

131. “Never stop dreaming.”

— Paulo Coelho

132. “The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.”

— Paulo Coelho

133. “Miracles only happen if you believe in miracles.”

— Paulo Coelho

134. “At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.”

— Paulo Coelho

135. “Don’t live every day as if it were your last. Live every day as if it were your first.”

— Paulo Coelho

136. “The adrenaline and stress of an adventure are better than a thousand peaceful days.”

— Paulo Coelho

137. “Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.”

— Paulo Coelho

138. “Straight roads do not make skillful drivers.”

— Paulo Coelho

139. “Empty your mind, stop thinking about anything, simply be.”

— Paulo Coelho

140. “Seize every opportunity that life offers you because, when opportunities go, they take a long time to come back.”

— Paulo Coelho

141. “An enthusiastic heart finds opportunities everywhere.”

— Paulo Coelho

142. “Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.”

— Paulo Coelho

143. “When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.”

— Paulo Coelho

144. “You are the light of the world. Shine, and darkness will disappear.”

— Paulo Coelho

145. “People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of. It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

— Paulo Coelho

146. “Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days.”

— Paulo Coelho

147. “Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs – but move on.”

— Paulo Coelho

148. “Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.”

— Paulo Coelho

149. “Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.”

— Paulo Coelho

150. “Never hate jealous people. They are jealous because they think you are better than them.”

— Paulo Coelho