Paulo Coelho Quotes

The deepest courage we can exercise is continuing to believe in our dreams until we make them come true.

Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality

If you never feel like giving up, then your dreams are too small

Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.

Never give up, no matter what.

I believe persistence is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment!

I like to think of myself as a very passionate person, and as very determined. So, if I set my mind on something, I definitely stop at no end to find within myself the power to keep going, whether that involves thinking of a new approach to a problem, or physically challenging myself.

On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it; not in sorrows or contradictions to yield, but to push on towards the goal.

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will.

I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.

The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future.

I'm glad . . . that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb. That Luther refused to back down. That Michelangelo kept painting. That Lindbergh kept flying.

Never give up on your dream...Perseverance is all important. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying after you've been told you should quit, you'll never make it.

I've never given up. I've always kept going. I don't feel that I could afford to give up. That would be the beginning of the end.

Never give up. Never give up. Never give up.

Dreams die hard. And sometimes they don't have to die at all.

When confronted with iron-will determination, I can see Time, Fate and Circumstance calling a hasty conference and deciding, We might as well let him have his dream. He's said he's going to get there or die trying.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.