Paulo Coelho Quotes

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even stopped clocks are right twice a day.

Even a broken clock gets it right occasionally.

A broken clock is right two times a day.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.

No one is always right.

There are two ways to face the future. One way is with apprehension; the other is with anticipation

We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then.

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.

Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves.

It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment.

So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.

The world needs all the help you can give by way of cheerful, optimistic, inspiring thought and personal example.

Commit to growing yourself. Do not avoid problems and or complain about problems. Don't let them bother you. In fact, don't even call them problems; refer to them as "challenges" or "situations". Let go of the emotion and drama you create when you don't get what you want. Just stay present and handle one situation at a time with an open mind and an open heart. Trust yourself and in the universe that everything will work out in the end.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

You get some success. You run into some walls...it's how tenacious you are, how irrepressible, how ultimately optimistic and tenacious you are about it that will determine your success.

Long experience has told me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong.

Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.

If you want to look for obstacles, what's wrong is always available. But so is what's right!

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words , “This too shall pass.”