Paulo Coelho Quotes

I fall, I stand still... I trudge on. I gain a little... I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory.

Victories in life come through our ability to work around and over the obstacles that cross our path. We grow stronger as we climb our own mountains.

Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.

It's all the stuff I've been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

I've been overlooked and slighted every step of the way. I think that brings out the best in me.

I dropped out of school; I got fired from my job. Those were my roughest moments, but I always knew through it that I was going to be great.

Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.

That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I had no doubt that I would end up with a mark somewhere.

Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

Take It From Me: Life's a Struggle but You Can Win

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

You always have to finish what you start and I learned that some of life's greatest lessons come with disappointment.

I have expanded my mind and destroyed my liver but I didn't give up.

...the men of the Ulysses had no need to stand in shame...many had found, or were finding, that the point of no return was not necessarily the edge of the precipice: it could be the bottom of the valley, the beginning of the long climb up the far slope, and when a man had once begun that climb he never looked back to that other side.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything.

I'm satisfied and proud of the things I did - even the bumps and the bruises that I've had on the way. You fall down, you get up, you brush yourself off and you keep going. And that's what we're doing.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

When life knocks you down, keep getting up.

I'm glad I've had to struggle. It's made me the artist I am now.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.