Quote

Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.

Paulo Coelho

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
Actor
Blogger
Composer
Lyricist
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Researcher
Science Fiction Writer
Songwriter
Writer
Rio
Paulo Coelho de Souza
Suffering
Warrior
Next
Exists
True
Defeat
Able
Skills
Time
Battle
Wields
Fight
Sword
Loses
Improving
Fighting
Skill

More quotes by Paulo Coelho

Image
We must buy jewelry it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Give yourself freedom to try out new things Don't be so set in your ways that you can't grow.
Paulo Coelho
Image
When in doubt, just take the next small step
Paulo Coelho
Image
When the Warrior takes on a commitment, he keeps his word.
Paulo Coelho
Image
I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.
Paulo Coelho
Image
A man only has a soul to be won or lost.
Paulo Coelho
Image
As a writer I have to find platforms that can use this writing process. The internet is one of them.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Miracles occur all around us, signs from God show us the way, angels plead to be heard, but we pay little attention to them.
Paulo Coelho
Image
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
Paulo Coelho
Image
God hides the fires of hell within paradise.
Paulo Coelho
Image
It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights.
Paulo Coelho
Image
There is a language that is beyond words. If I can learn to decipher that language without words, I will be able to decipher the world.
Paulo Coelho
Image
I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.
Paulo Coelho
Image
now that she realized she had been waiting for him—she did not like that.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn't what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.
Paulo Coelho
Image
Be fully awake if you want to dream
Paulo Coelho