Paulo Coelho Quotes

Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets.

I don't know if I was put on this Earth for a purpose or not. But I'm fairly confident that I'll be taken off of it for one.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

I have a rendezvous with life.

Maybe I am looking for the reason why I exist.

The meaning of life is life.

The fact we exist merely means we exist. That's all it means.

I always think about life, and I think that we are here with a mission, and once we have done our mission, we go somewhere else.

You remember our talk about purpose and meaning?" he asked me, the smile disappearing. "Well, I think this might be mine. I think this is what I was meant to do, Georgina.

I've always asked myself since I was young, what is my duty on this planet? What am I there for? Just to hang around? Everybody must have some purpose.

The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.

You are here for a reason.

It's a miracle when we finally discover whom we're best equipped to serve.

I think secretly and privately there is a destiny for me and just for me to stay on that track and follow it. I really believe and feel I am here for a reason and that's my job, you know, to perform for the people and if they accept it that I am rewarded.

I believe life takes us where we need to be.

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

I don't think things happen for a reason, but I think it's perfectly possible to experience life meaningfully.

One doesn't necessarily have a mission.

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.

We are all put in different positions for different reasons.

I had a calling to become what I became - I was created to do this.

But really it was just, it was perfect. You know, I actually got that feeling like you know what, maybe this is why I'm alive, you know - maybe this is why I'm here on this on earth.

I was looking for what the meaning of life was.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.