Paulo Coelho Quotes

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.

No matter how many detours and adjustments it made, the caravan moved toward the same compass point. Once obstacles were overcome, it returned to its course, sighting on a star that indicated the location of the oasis.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop

Setbacks motivate me.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

The only way round is through.

A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You have to get that through your head. That it is not easy becoming successful.

Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

You've got to push things and get bumps and bruises along the way.

You have to go through some things to get to where you want to go.

The road to success is always under construction... there are lots of pot holes but no traffic jams.

For all of us today, the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways to lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. We must keep going.

We all love challenges.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Just because we cannot see clearly te end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey.

You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again you have to take uncharted roads, face impassable mountains, cross treacherous rivers, be blocked by landslides and earthquakes. That's the way my life has been.

There will be roadblocks but we will overcome them.

Love appears and says: "You think you're heading towards a specific point, but the whole justification for the goal's existence lies in your love for it. Rest a little,but as soon as you can, get up and carry on. Because ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going.

The tunnels may be long, and twisted, and dark; but you are supposed to go through them.