But my heart is agitated, it has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it's become passionate...It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights...
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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
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
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.
Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.
People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you need to breathe, calm down, look around, and improvise. Because, as you already know, you CAN'T control the future...
One day or day one. You decide
Be ready to pay the price of your dreams. Free cheese can only be found in a mousetrap.
Hide your craziness behind a smile and allow your wildest dreams to manifest themselves (I did this all my life, and it worked).
To succeed in following your dreams You must have the courage to be hated
Never cut what can be untied.
The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the big facts.
Only 3 things can change our life: Dreams, Suffering and Love
If it doesn't add to your life, it doesn't belong to your life.
It will work if you forget all the reasons it will not.
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.
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