True that we don't know what we've got till we lose it, but also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
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Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souza (/ˈkwɛljuː/, /kuˈɛl-/, /-joʊ/, Portuguese: [ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu]; born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. Early in 2017 he has been nominated by the Albert Einstein Foundation as one of the 100 leading visionaries of our time . His novel The Alchemist has been translated into 81 languages. According to The Washington Post, Paulo Coelho has sold an estimated 350 million books and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese-language author. 2Early life Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she responded, "My dear, your father is an engineer. He's a logical, reasonable man with a very clear vision of the world. Do you actually know what it means to be a writer?" At 17, Coelho's introversion and opposition to following a traditional path led to his parents committing him to a mental institution from which he escaped three times before being released at the age of 2
Just because it's not what you were expecting, doesn't mean it's not everything you need right now.
You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back
A cruel word may wreck a life. But a loving word may heal and bless.
There is a moment in your life when you realize who really matters, who never did, and who always will.
If it doesn't add to your life, it doesn't belong to your life.
The more you love your decisions the less you need to convince other people to love them.
It will work if you forget all the reasons it will not.
Whatever consumes your mind controls your life.
If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Nobody can please everybody.
Unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our souls, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them, or of moments that could have been good but weren’t. They don't suffer. But they don't live either.
Some people are like clouds when they disappear, the sun can shine in our lives.
Our power resides not only in what we do but also in what we refuse to do.
what many consider 'ordinary people' are the ones who will change our lives
Follow your dreams; you may not make money, but will never be poor. Follow other people's dreams; you can make money but will never be rich
Look back and be grateful Look ahead and be hopeful Look around and be helpful
It is easy to be a hater. Go for the difficult task: be a lover.
We've made bad decisions, regret things & choices. Life doesn't allow us to go back but...wait...it allow us to move forward!
Make use of every blessing that God gave you today. A blessing cannot be saved for tomorrow.