Paulo Coelho Quotes

Haters are a drop in the ocean. Theres that much more love

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world.

When there's so many haters and negative things, I really don't care.

I am a positive person. I am not cynical. If you are born in this world, no matter who you are, negative things will happen. If you aren't positive as a person, you'll be very unhappy. It's extremely important to be positive, to laugh, to be happy, to accept life as it comes.

I kid my friends who are golfers, and I say, 'If you ever hear me complain, hit me in the butt with a putter' because I have no reason to complain. Even on days when you don't like what you see in the paper, I have no reason to complain.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

The happiest people I know are not those who are the most beautiful, rich or famous. The happiest people I see are simply those who stay cheerful and try to cheer up others while getting through their own bad stuff

When people (talk trash) about you, you have to keep it moving, keep the records hot and keep your head up.

You know, I'm the mayor of Realville. I'm Mr. Literal. And I never saw the benefit of complaining and whining and moaning. I don't complain and whine and moan anyway, and I don't deal well with people that do. I don't know how to react to complaining, other than say, "Oh, gee, I'm sorry." I don't know how to react to whining and moaning. It kind of bothers me. So I don't do it myself. Lord knows, I got all kinds of things. I could spend the rest of this week whining and moaning if you wanted me to about things. I just don't.

We must be bright and cheerful. Long faces do not make religion. Religion should be the most joyful thing in the world, because it is the best.

Stand tall, smile bright, and let 'em wonder what secret's making you laugh.

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.

Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough.

Some people will find any reason to hate. Don’t waste ur time. Lighten up! It takes so much less energy to smile than to hate. Enjoy life.

We smile, because this is how we save the world.

They took my 30s, my 40s, my 50s, but what they couldn't take was my joy. I couldn't do nothing about the years, but I could control my joy... I kept a smile on my face; I kept love in my heart.

The fact is I'm always going to have naysayers. You're always going to have haters. It really doesn't bother me because I just rise above it.

Sometimes you have to look at a start and say, 'Nothing is wrong.' Even when you get lit up, you still have to say 'Nothing is wrong.'

When I win, I'm happy. When I lose, I'm also happy. I'm grateful for this life I have to live. It's a great life.

Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.

I don't ever think of myself as a dark person or a ruined person in any way. I just feel happy to be alive, and to be able to love.

People try to bring negativity into my life, but it's crazy how I deflect it.

I take life in its stride and accept every single second happily.

I'm not someone who moans.