Paulo Coelho Quotes

Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what you want.

Being a parent means my time use has to be a bit more focused, but it also gives me a new non-writing dimension to my life, which is a healthy thing. I can't wander along for weeks with an idea drifting through my head - I have someone who will drag me back into life, and that's a good thing.

A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.

I've learnt an enormous amount from my children. Mostly that my agenda isn't the most important thing in the world. For a while, I was trying to squeeze them into my life. And it was such torment! It makes you realise how selfish you are.

One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.

I'm not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more.

In any job, you have to give up certain things, and I believe that having a good quality of life means enjoying certain things only in moderation.

I found going to school when I was modeling very grounding. It's really kept my perspective on bigger things in my life.

I only have room to do things that I have a love for in my life.

You can't have it all, all at once. Who - man or woman - has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

I have only one life, and I can't do all. If I do one thing well, I'm happy.

Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.

Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things.

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.

Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.

There's more to life than football, right?

I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.

I think that when you become a mom... you don't really worry about the small stuff. I'm just way more centered. It makes you focus even more on what your goals are in life.

I've found that balance is key. I'm no longer an extremist in any one direction.

I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

A trip to space is a big motivator to give up some things in your personal life. Obviously, you can't give up everything and you don't want to.

It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.

But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That's the reason why I was single.