Paulo Coelho Quotes About Defeat

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  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

  Life, God, Disappointment

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “Brida: A Novel”, p.11, Harper Collins

• But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Dream

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jan 16, 2010

• A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into a victory. The pain of defeat is bitter to him; he suffers at indifference and becomes desperate with loneliness. After all this has passed, he licks his wounds and begins everything anew. A warrior knows that war is made of many battles: he goes on

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Pain, Loneliness

• Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

  Paulo Coelho

  Disappointment, Despair, Tools

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 03, 2014

• In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.

  Paulo Coelho

  Victory, Movement, Defeat

• When we renounce our dreams, we find peace and enjoy a brief period of tranquillity, but the dead dreams begin to rot inside us and to infect the whole atmosphere in which we live. What we hoped to avoid in the Fight -disappointment and defeat- become the sole legacy of our cowardice.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Dream, Disappointment

• Loving means being open to miracles, to victories and defeats, to everything that happens each day that was given us to walk upon the face of the Earth.

  Paulo Coelho

  Mean, Victory And Defeat, Miracle

• Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fighting, Warrior, Skills

• Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.

  Paulo Coelho

  Choices, Battle, Defeat

  Paulo Coelho (2013). “Manuscript Found in Accra”, p.19, HarperCollins UK

• Whenever we need to make a very important decision it is best to trust our instincts, because reason usually tries to remove us from our dream, saying that the time is not yet right. Reason is afraid of defeat, but intuition enjoys life and its challenges.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Enjoy Life, Decision

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jan 28, 2010

• A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference nor does he try to make a victory of it.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Warrior

• The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part of his Good Fight.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Fighting

• Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles – and generally lose. I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated. They are the ones who never fought. They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.’’ Manuscript Found In Accra – Paulo Coelho

  Paulo Coelho

  Fighting, Warrior, Winning

• Victories and defeats form part of everyone's life - everyone, that is, except cowards, as you call them, because they never lose or win.

  Paulo Coelho

  Winning, Victory And Defeat, Coward

• Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith.

  Paulo Coelho

  Enthusiasm, Defeat, Despite

  Paulo Coelho (2013). “Manuscript Found in Accra”, p.19, HarperCollins UK

• Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning.

  Paulo Coelho

  Winning, Joy, Honor

• Reason is afraid of defeat, But intuition enjoys challenges

  Paulo Coelho

  Challenges, Intuition, Defeat

• It's inevitable to lose from time to time. The point is: don't get used to defeats.

  Paulo Coelho

  Defeat, Used, Inevitable

• What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fighting, Victory And Defeat, Challenges

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 26, 2014

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