Paulo Coelho Quotes

I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?

Instead of asking, “what do I want from life?,” a more powerful question is, “what does life want from me?

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

He accepts his Personal Legend completely.

We must have a passion in life.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

You will not find the treasure of your Personal Legend unless you want to live that Legend.

When I got on stage, I felt this bolt of electricity hit me, and it was this shock of, 'This is exactly what I'm supposed to do with my life.'

You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.

Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It's the same with me and writing.

I'm very glad to have something to be passionate about. I can't imagine a life without passion.

I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.

But really it was just, it was perfect. You know, I actually got that feeling like you know what, maybe this is why I'm alive, you know - maybe this is why I'm here on this on earth.

I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

For one reason or another, the good God has left me on this planet; surely, I will not sit around and not do what I do naturally.

I always think about life, and I think that we are here with a mission, and once we have done our mission, we go somewhere else.

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why.

Life is a mission, not a career.

Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.

It's what I was born for, isn't it? If I don't go, why am I alive?

If you've ever felt inspired by a purpose or calling, you know the feeling of spirit working through you.

The true dividing line between people is whether they are capable of being in love with their destiny.

I don't know if I was put on this Earth for a purpose or not. But I'm fairly confident that I'll be taken off of it for one.