Paulo Coelho Quotes

I've had a long line of failed television programs, pilots that were never picked up, series that didn't go very long. I've learned that there's really nothing you can do. If it's not in my control, I try not to worry about it.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

Life never works out the way you think it will. But you just have to deal with it.

You've just got to take things the way they are and accept them and strive.

If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.

Life doesn't always give us what we are expecting.

It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones.

I always try to plan things out, but they never work out the way I expect.

I accept the fact that some things don't go the way you hope.

If you find yourself in a position you would rather was not there, you have to make it work.

You got to adjust to how your life is.

You're not always going to have a perfect day. You're not always going to have the day that you envision.

Nothing ever goes to plan. As soon as you are OK with that, everything is much easier.

I've learned to not have expectations. If you don't expect things from anyone, you can't get let down.

Life doesn't care about your vision. You just gotta roll with it.

Life isn’t fair." I said. "It’s taken me a while to get that. It’s always going to disappoint you in some way or another. You’ll make plans, and it’ll push you in another direction. You will love people, and they’ll be taken away no matter how hard you fight to keep them. You’ll try for something and won’t get it. You don’t have to find meaning in it; you don’t have to try to change things. You just have to accept the things that are out of your hands and try to take care of yourself. That’s your job.

you fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain't nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It's just a aggravation.

if I can't get what I want - well, I'll want what I can get.

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment.

One of the hard lessons to learn in life is that there are some things you can control and some things you can't. If you want a short recipe for being frustrated and miserable, this is it: focus on things you can't control.

When you plan something, it never works.

People saying, 'Life didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.' Welcome to the club. I wanted to be the starting center-fielder for the Boston Red Sox, for chrissakes!

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

One learns to itch where one can scratch.