Paulo Coelho Quotes

Religion is like a map. The route isn't important. It's the destination that matters.

Sometimes, the plans in your heart aren't God's plan.

God has a plan for you - I can promise you that. Your life is sacred. There is and always has been a path for your soul, and if you follow that path, it will lead you to the inner utopia that your soul longs to experience in this lifetime.

How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?

I'm walking this walk, and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?

I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do.

Everything starts with God in my career, and it will finish with God.

Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be.

Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.

I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don't think God wastes anything.

I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

I believe that God has a specific plan and reason He created each one of us.

And when I'm president, I can tell you this, my faith will not just influence the way I'll govern as president, it will influence the way I live my life. Because in the end, my goal is not simply to live on this earth for 80 years, but to live an eternity with my creator. And I will always allow my faith to influence everything I do.

God put us on this earth with the purpose of loving.

I was running from the calling of God because I didn't want the responsibility of standing upright and living under a microscope. I know now that others' destinies rely on my destiny and purpose. I've accepted the challenge and am actively walking in that purpose.

I'm open to whatever God puts in front of me and makes my heart pitter patter.

One thing I learned with changes in your life: it happens for a reason, for a good one, because God wouldn't want anything else for you except good things.

I'm a spiritual person. I do believe in a higher power. I believe God placed me on this planet to be a beneficial presence.

Spiritually speaking, every human being has a destiny and a duty to perform.

God knows the dreams and desires in your heart; in fact, He gave them to you. He will order your steps and take you where you need to be.

Everyone has a purpose because God is a purposeful God.

I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. So at this wonderful, young age of 65, I don't know yet what the Lord has for me to do. I try to live up to the energy and to the calling, but I wouldn't dare say I have even scratched the surface yet.

If you want to know why you were placed on the planet, you must begin with God.

When people ask me how they can know Gods plan for their lives, I tell them the best first step is to know God.