Paulo Coelho Quotes

I was raised to face any challenge.

I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time.

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't.

You have to be tough.

In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had learned that not every battle can be fought by firing an arrow from a bow. But I would have to face whatever new challenges came my way as bravely as I had faced the Huns. I could not wallow in self-pity, thinking about what might have been. I had to do my duty. It was the only way to stay true to myself.

Don't give up. It's just the weight of the world.

The warrior is Here, Now.

The answer doesn't lie in learning how to protect ourselves from life-it lies in learning how to become strong enough to let a bit more of it in.

We all take a beating every day, you know, one way or another.

A warrior is not about perfection or victory or invulnerability. He's about absolute vulnerability.

Whatever life may send your way - make the best of it. Don't waste your time and energy worrying about it. Instead, find a way to do something about it. Learn from it, adjust to it, be strong, be flexible and be your best in every situation.

A Warrior often loses heart.

Choose a challenge instead of competence

FORTITUDE IS THE CAPACITY TO SAY NO WHEN THE WORLD WANTS TO HEAR 'YES'

It is not hard to live through a day, if you can live through a moment.

For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.

Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

We believe that it takes a strong back and a soft front to face the world.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination.

I love to smile, even through pain.

It's not for everybody, and some of the toughest people I've ever met in my lifetime, I met in the wrestling ring.

It's so valuable to learn that when you put yourself in an uncomfortable situation, you'll be fine, and you'll probably come out even stronger.