Paulo Coelho Quotes

I've never been one to stay in a complacent place where I just let the grass grow around me.

Today, you've got a decision to make. You're gonna get better or you're gonna get worse, but you're not gonna stay the same. Which will it be?

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.

Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future, because to live consists inexorably in doing, in each individual life making itself.

Everything in my life has been a stepping-stone to something else.

You cannot change your journey if you are unwilling to move at all.

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.

A step in the wrong direction is better than staying on the spot all our life. Once you're moving forward you can correct your course as you go. Your automatic guidance system cannot guide you when you're standing still.

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

There are two kinds of people. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point they congealed into their final selves. It might be a very nice self, but you know you can expect no more surprises from it. Whereas, the other kind keep moving, changing... They are fluid. They keep moving forward and making new trysts with life, and the motion of it keeps them young. In my opinion, they are the only people who are still alive. You must be constantly on your guard against congealing.

You are either getting better or getting worse, but you are never staying the same.

You never stay the same. You either get better or you get worse.

Life is a series of adjustments; You can make changes along the way, but if you dodn't start moving forward you'll never get anywhere!

You have to grow. I can't be the same person I was at 18; otherwise, I'd be stagnant.

Maybe sometimes I'm such a thinker, I reevaluate too much. Sometimes when it comes down to it, I really don't need to do anything, I don't really need to change anything. I need to just keep plugging away, working at it.

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being.

I think that life is about growth. You continue to grow and progress, hopefully.

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

The choices that we make aren't always perfect but it's ok... It's part of the journey.