Paulo Coelho Quotes About Honor

• she, with her affection and her gaiety, had been largely responsible for him having rediscovered the meaning of life, her love had driven him to the far corners of the Earth, because he needed to be rich enough to buy some land and live in peace with her for the rest of their days. It was his utter confidence in this fragile creature, that had made him fight with honor, because he knew that after a battle he could forget all the horrors of war in her arms, and that, despite all the women he had known, only there in her arms could he close his eyes and sleep like a child.

  Paulo Coelho

  Children, War, Sleep

• Like the fighter, the Warrior is aware of his own immense strength; he never fights with anyone who does not deserve the honor of combat.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Strength, Inspiration

• We don't always choose the best solution but we carry on regardless, trying to remain upright and decent in order to do honor not to the walls or the doors or the windows but to the empty space inside, the space where we worship and venerate what is dearest and most important to us.

  Paulo Coelho

  Wall, Doors, Order

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Winning, Joy, Honor

• The only job you have in life is to recognize and honor your personal legend

  Paulo Coelho

  Jobs, Honor, Personal Legend

• And so I am this pilgrim - if I can somehow answer your question - who's constantly amazed by this journey. Who is learning a new thing every single day. But who's not accumulating knowledge, because then it becomes a very heavy burden in your back. I am this person who is proud to be a pilgrim, and who's trying to honor his journey.

  Paulo Coelho

  Journey, Honor, Trying

  "The Alchemy of Pilgrimage". "On Being" with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. August 14, 2014.

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