Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souzais a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. His novel The Alchemist has been translated into 80 languages. The author has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese language author...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 August 1947
CityRio de Janeiro, Brazil
CountryBrazil
Victories and defeats form part of everyone's life - everyone, that is, except cowards, as you call them, because they never lose or win.
Do not forget: seek to win all your battles, including those you fight against yourself. Do not fear the scars. Do not be afraid of victory.
Have courage, be capable of loving.... Be happy in love. Be joyful in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart.
What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.
The great conquest is the result of small, unnoticed victories.
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference nor does he try to make a victory of it.
In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.
If I believe I will win, then victory will believe in me.
The great victory, which appears so simple today, was the result of a series of small victories that went unnoticed
Loving means being open to miracles, to victories and defeats, to everything that happens each day that was given us to walk upon the face of the Earth.
Enthusiasm is the force that leads us to the final victory.
I still pray but it's something automatic, and I'm not even sure I still believe in it... Because I've suffered, and God didn't listen to my prayers. because many times in my life I have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being
It (destiny) is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.
We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day, G-d gives us the sun-and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that w