26 Paulo Coelho Quotes From 'The Alchemist' That'll Motivate You To Face Your Fears

“It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time f…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

— Paulo Coelho, goodreads.com

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was a part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“In his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens left by God along his path.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com