Paulo Coelho Quotes

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.

Take risks. Fail. Pick yourself back up again. And always, always remember this: there is no adversity capable of stopping you once the choice to persevere is made.

Losing isn't as bad as not fighting at all.

There comes that phase in life when, tired of losing, you decide to stop losing, then continue losing. Then you decide to really stop losing, and continue losing. The losing goes on and on so long you begin to watch with curiosity, wondering how low you can go.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going.

Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.

‘Tis better to have fought and lost, Than not to have fought at all.

Being brave is what led to three rejections from Yale Law School before being accepted. It led to losing my 2010 race for U.S. Congress, and another failed bid for public office in 2013, this time for public advocate of New York City.

The hardest thing to do is to fail and keep pushing at the same time.

I'm competitive and I don't want to get out, but it's not the end of the world.

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

I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life.

A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.

Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.

Start marching forward, even when into the new and unknown, and don't be deterred by obstacles.

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone, As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.

The struggles I'm facing, The chances I'm taking, Sometimes might knock me down, But no, I'm not breaking.

All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.