Paulo Coelho Quotes

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.

Women move through the world never knowing their power.

I am my own Universe, I my own Professor.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

Everybody has their story - at some point you have to say, 'This is who I am: Now it's up to me to become what I want to be.'

Sometimes very small investments can release enormous, infinite potential that exists in all of us.

Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

The key is within each of us. No instructions come with it.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

We all have that superhero inside us, but it's about tapping into it and embracing it and owning it.

Imagine any problem you have to be a huge, locked door standing in front of you. Now see yourself taking a golden key out of your pocket. You brought the key here with you when you arrived on this planet, but you sometimes forget to use it. See yourself putting it into the keyhole, then watch the door swing open. On the key are inscribed these words, "Unconditional Love."

Everyone can access the parts of themselves that are great. I'm just a girl from New York City who decided to do this, after all. Rule the world! What's life worth living if you don't rule it?

When a woman falls in love with the magnificent possibilities within herself, the forces that would limit those possibilities hold less and less sway over her.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?

Others can inspire you, but ultimately the only thing that empowers you is what lies within you and learning how to better utilize what you’ve been given.

Take your faith out of the lies! Free your faith, and you will see how powerful you become.

This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us.

All of the spiritualities that are now clamoring for attention, from explicit Satanism to what we hear on Oprah, are concerned with the two issues of identity and empowerment. Who am I? How can I have the power to live? Those are the questions everyone has to deal with. If we don't come to terms with these, we lapse into some form of human decadence and failure.

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny

If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.