Paulo Coelho Quotes

How did the Oscar change my life? What it did was that it gave me a new reality. And it let me know that an award wasn't going to change my life - that I had to be in control of changing my life.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

My life experiences have helped me to be less fearful. In politics, that has allowed me to take on issues sooner rather than later.

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.

At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable.

I feel liberated, empowered, inspired and motivated. Fear holds you back from achieving what you want in life.

Really believe in yourself, and that no matter what anyone says to you, if you really have a dream and the passion - go for it! If you're willing to go through the rigors to get it, it will happen. It may not happen in your timeframe, but it will happen. I'm living proof of that. I was once on the other end of the spectrum, and now I'm living my dream. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Pursuing your dreams involves you accepting where you want to go. Don't allow anybody else to talk you out of things or discourage you from doing whatever you want to do. You can hold on to your dream and never pursue it or you can start pursuing it. If you can see it, or if you can envision it... it can happen.

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.

The difference between success and failure isn't the absence of fear but the determination to pursue your heart's desires no matter how scared you are.

It's natural to be afraid of replacing everything you already gained by a dream.

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

The greatest failure is the failure to try.

You cannot achieve success without the risk of failure...You cannot achieve success if you FEAR failure.

I want us all to face our fears and stop behaving like our goal in life is to merely survive. "Surviving" is for wimps and game show contestants stranded in the jungle or on a desert island. You are not stranded. You own the store....You deserve better.

Dare to accomplish the things you've only dreamed about doing. If you can dream it, you can do it.

If you have a dream, you can achieve that dream, you can achieve that goal. You just gotta go for it. But it also lets you know, that there is a price to pay.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

Life begins where fear ends.

It’s believing in those dreams and facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our limits.

I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it... I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me.

Unless you're willing to fail miserably in the pursuit of your dreams, you'll never make it.

There is no authentic goal you can set for yourself that can't be reached, no dream that can't be realized. It's just a matter of learning HOW to achieve what you want.

Do what scares you, your dreams are there waiting for you.

It's important to do things that scare you to death!