Paulo Coelho Quotes

it is only courage on the path itself that makes the path appear

You develop courage by acting courageously whenever you feel like acting otherwise.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

As I contemplate all that you face in the world today, one word comes to my mind. It describes an attribute needed by all of us but one which you-at this time of your life and in this world-will need particularly. That attribute is courage.

You do not have to be fearless, just don't let fear stop you.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the recognition that some things are more important than fear - and what's more important to me is faith.

Courage is a self-inflicted quality that gains momentum every time you try it.

I found something! Courage--just that; courage as a rule of life and something to cling to always.

Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking foolish? Or being alone?' I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer that you've been searching for comes into focus and as you walk into your fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.

The great virtue of those who seek the spiritual path is courage.

I'm just saying, take courage. That and pretty much that alone is never the incorrect thing to do.

The great contributors in life are those who, though afraid of the knock at the door, still answer it.

I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.

To the brave nothing is difficult.

I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.'

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

I think I learned I'm braver than I think I am.

It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid

If I stay in action, I won't live in fear.

Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common prizefighter? Who would stoop to be fearless--like a tree? Fight the thing that you fear. You remember the old tale of the English clergyman who gave the last rites to the brigand of Sicily, and how on his death-bed the great robber said, 'I can give you no money, but I can give you advice for a lifetime: your thumb on the blade, and strike upwards.' So I say to you, strike upwards, if you strike at the stars.