Paulo Coelho Quotes

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

... a warrior knows that he cannot change, and yet he makes it his business to try to change, even though he knows that he won't be able to. That's the only advantage a warrior has over the average man. The warrior is never disappointed when he fails to change.

I carry my awareness of defeat like a banner of victory.

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

Life can be so difficult at times but fighting through the pain is so worth it.

Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.

The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.

Hey. Pain can last a moment, it can last a day, it can last a week, it can last a long..long time, but it can't last forever and the only thing that can last forever is if you quit.

I have to accept everything... I will be back strong.

Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.

Joy came always after pain.

Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.

I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

we do not die of anguish, we live on. We continue to suffer. We drink the cup drop by drop.

It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.\

Love is a horse with a broken leg trying to stand while 45,000 people watch.

Because all my life I've learned to suffer in silence - Athena

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again—but it finds a tougher surface.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

When hope is gone, time is punishment.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of bitter food--it seems for a moment unbearable; yet, if there is nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we take another bite and find it possible to go on.

I don't see life as an opportunity to see how far you can go in the pursuit of pain, although I think I've challenged it a bit.