Paulo Coelho Quotes

I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

Anything that is within you is a gift. To be able to take possession of that and say, "Whatever it is, I am bigger than it," is to learn to cherish even the hard and painful things.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.

In my life I had no other choice than to become a strong person.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.

For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.

We're stronger than we realize.

I've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The lessons have just made me stronger.

Some of the things I've had to overcome in my past, fighting helped me deal with a lot of struggles. Obstacles in life don't make you a great fighter, but fighting - or, I should say, martial arts - helps you overcome your obstacles.

You are bigger than your circumstances.

You do not need to let anything get you down, but if you are down you certainly need not let anything keep you down.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

This world and life of ours are filled with inequalities. The worst possible use to make of this fact, however, is to allow resentments to possess us. All of us have imagined limitations, but we have also the privilege of pushing them aside, and spreading our lives out! We never know any of our limitations until we put ourselves to the test. There are always "growing pains" working within us.

The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part of his Good Fight.

We can all be weak, but we all have to make a conscious decision to be strong.

Your sensitivity is power. Don't let people transform your qualities into weaknesses.

I am not a rodeo clown, like, "Everything is awesome!" I really worked hard on myself and things and struggled to get to a good place, to a better place.

I build myself back up and come back stronger. That's what I do.

I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.

Past tears are present strength.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

I do not feel inhibited or bound by what I am. That does not mean that I have never had bad scenes relating to being Black and/or a woman, it means that other people’s craziness has not managed to make me crazy.