Paulo Coelho Quotes About Struggle

• 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

• Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspiring, Meaningful, Struggle

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from May 06, 2014

• Once in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the freedom that exists in the world of madness and becomes addicted to it. You no longer have to take on responsibilities, to struggle to earn your daily bread, to be bothered with repetitive, mundane tasks. You could spend hours looking at a picture or making absurd doodles. Everything is torelated because, after all, the person is mentally ill.

  Paulo Coelho

  Struggle, Responsibility, Tasks

• 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

  Love, Struggle, Power

• Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle; being paralysed by fear is not.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Struggle, Inspiration

• At the beginning of his struggle, the Warrior says: "I have dreams."

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Dream, Struggle

• He knows that there are occasional pauses in the struggle.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Struggle, Inspiration

• Any man who, having planted a vineyard, has not yet reaped the benefits should do so at once, so that he does not die in the struggle and leave it for another to enjoy.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Struggle

• Do not struggle against your thoughts; they are stronger than you are. If you want to be free of them, accept them.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Struggle, Inspiration

• Only the following items should be considered to be grave faults: not respecting another's rights; allowing oneself to be paralyzed by fear; feeling guilty; believing that one does not deserve the good or ill that happens in one's life; being a coward. We will love our enemies, but not make alliances with them. They were placed in our path in order to test our sword, and we should, out of respect for them, struggle against them. We will choose our enemies.

  Paulo Coelho

  Believe, Struggle, Rights

• Love transforms and love cures;but,sometimes,love builds deadly traps and can end up destroying a person who had resolved to give him or herself completely.What is this complex feeling which,deep down,is the only reason we continue to live,struggle and improve?

  Paulo Coelho

  Struggle, Giving, Feelings

• Man struggles to survive, not to succumb

  Paulo Coelho

  Struggle, Men

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption”, p.8, Harper Collins

• We must love because we are loved by God. We must be conscious of death if we are to have a proper understanding of life. We must struggle in order to grow, but without falling into the trap of the power we gain through that struggle, because we know that power is worthless. Finally, we must accept that our eternal soul is, at this moment, caught in the web of time with all its opportunities and its limitations.

  Paulo Coelho

  Struggle, Fall, Opportunity

• We must struggle for our dreams, but when certain paths prove impossible, it would be best to save our energies in order to travel other roads.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Struggle, Order

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 15, 2014

• In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those people who decide to die? No one can judge. Each person knows the extent of their own suffering or the total absence of meaning in their lives.

  Paulo Coelho

  Struggle, People, Judging

• No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

  Paulo Coelho

  Struggle, Eye, Focus

• The only reason anyone would sell salt more cheaply than usual would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who laboured to produce it.

  Paulo Coelho

  Struggle, Men, Sweat

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