Paulo Coelho Quotes

Be prepared for changes.

One must not expect anything in these times, but be ready for everything.

I've been no stranger to change.

You have to be ready for anything and everything and accept everything the way things are.

I feel it's important for anyone to adapt; you never know what kind of situation you will walk into.

You've got to go with the flow. Whatever happens, you've just got to be ready for it.

The thrill of not knowing what's going to happen, trained me to be prepared for anything.

All things change. Cultivate flexibility rather than perfection.

You have to move forward. It's constantly changing. Everything changes and everything falls apart. You have to be nimble and on your toes and accessible to it all. Not everyone is on board with this.

In this speedy world of ours when facts are multiplying rapidly and giant rearrangements are happening all around us, it seems dangerous to be made nervous by the new - to want what we can never have, to want things not to be rearranged. It would be better to be able to take the leap, which is to be able not only to live with change and newness, but even to help make it.

Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.

You never know what you're going to have to face, so you'd better be prepared.

Life will not always change, so we must be willing to change.

We are prepared for some things, and we receive just as fast as we prepare ourselves.

The best path to happiness is learning to change as rapidly as life does.

You always got to be prepared but you never know for what.

Life is all getting used to what you're not used to.

I cannot predict the wind but I can have my sail ready.

In times of turbulence and rapid change, you must constantly be re-evaluating yourself relative to the new realities.

Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.

Life will force you to make changes you never wanted to make.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

I keep my ears open. The world can change overnight; that's what happens in this world. You never know. You have to keep your eyes and ears open. If you can't keep up, you ain't gonna catch up. I've been making records since 1953, and you just have to keep up.

I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.

How you manage change can make all the difference.