Paulo Coelho Quotes About Giving Up

• Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs - but move on.

  Paulo Coelho

  Motivational, Moving On, Broken Heart

• Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Happiness, Giving Up

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Aug 30, 2016

• Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Giving Up, People

• Don't give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door.

  Paulo Coelho

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Keys

• Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.

  Paulo Coelho

  Giving Up, Giving, Defeated

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from May 04, 2014

• On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop

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  Motivational, Moving On, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 26, 2014

• Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things.

  Paulo Coelho

  Giving Up, Mean, Important

• Does a soldier go to war in order to kill the enemy? no, he goes in order to die for his country. Does a wife want to show her husband how happy she is? no, she wants him to see how she suffers in order to make him happy Does the husband go to work thinking he will find personal fulfillment there? no, he is giving his sweat and tears for the good of the family And so it goes on: sons give up their dreams to please their parents, parents give up their lives in order to please their children; pain and suffering are used to justify the one thing that should bring only LOVE.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Country, Pain

• Finding something important in life does not mean that you must give up everything else.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Giving Up, Inspiration

• Surrendering completely to love, be it human or divine, means giving up everything, including our own well-being or our ability to make decisions. It means loving in the deepest sense of the word. The truth is that we don't want to be saved in the way God has chosen; we want to keep absolute control over our every step, to be fully conscious of our decisions, to be capable of choosing the object of our devotion.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Giving Up, Mean

• We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Giving Up, Inspiration

• We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as the years accumulate, so too do the layers of prejudice, fear and guilt. There comes a time when our personal calling is so deeply buried in our soul as to be invisible. But know that it's still there.

  Paulo Coelho

  Giving Up, Growing Up, Ideas

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

• Few take up the burden of their own victory; most give up their dreams when these become impossible.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Dream, Giving Up

• Respect your body: you can only climb a mountain if you give your body the attention it deserves. You have all the time that life grants you, as long as you walk without demanding what can't be granted. If you go too fast you will grow tired and give up half way there. If you go too slow, night will fall and you will be lost. Enjoy the scenery, take delight in the cool spring water and the fruit that nature generously offers you, but keep on walking.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Giving Up, Spring

• 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

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Love Is

• People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

• The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far.

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  Giving Up, Order, Soul

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

• Only children believe they're capable of everything. They're trusting and fearless; they believe in their own power and get exactly what they want. When children grow up, they start to realize that they're not as powerful as they thought and that they need other people in order survive. Then the child begins to love and to hope his love will be requited; and as life goes on, he develops an ever-greater need to be loved in return, even if that means having to give up his power. We all end up where we are now: Grown-ups doing everything we can to be accepted and loved.

  Paulo Coelho

  Children, Giving Up, Growing Up

• you would have to give up all else, I alone would expect you to be your sole and exclusive standard

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  Giving Up, Sole, Standards

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Winner Stands Alone”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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