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Quotes About Courage

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.
~ Paulo Coelho
A responsible Warrior is not someone who takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, but someone who has learned to deal with the challenges of the moment.
~ Paulo Coelho
Dear Depression, please keep your distance. Don't be nasty. find some other person with more reason than me to look in the mirror and say: What a pointless existence. Whether you like it or not, i know how to defeat you. You're wasting your time.
~ Paulo Coelho
It is your blessing, the path God has chosen for you here on Earth. Whenever a man does that which gives him enthusiasm, he is following his Legend. However, not everyone has the courage to face up to his own dreams.
~ Paulo Coelho
That is what marks out the warrior: the knowledge that willpower and courage are not the same thing. Courage can attract fear and adulation, but willpower requires patience and commitment. Men and women with immense willpower are generally solitary types and give off a kind of coolness. Many people mistakenly think that (they) are cold (people) when nothing could be further from the truth.
~ Paulo Coelho
Follow your dreams, transform your life.
~ Paulo Coelho
Try the impossible. Don't start low down because that's where you are now. Climb those rungs quickly before they take the ladder away. If you're afraid, say a prayer, but carry on.
~ Paulo Coelho
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.
~ Paulo Coelho
I will not talk to my own darkness anymore, I promised myself, closing the door on the Other. A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.
~ Paulo Coelho
The Warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment and sometimes, with just a touch of madness
~ Paulo Coelho
Paradise is being able to say at that (second before our death) moment: I made some mistakes, but I wasn't a coward. I lived life and did what I had to do.
~ Paulo Coelho
The ship is safest when it's in port, but that's not what ships were built for.
~ Paulo Coelho
When I die, bury me standing, because I've spent all my life on my knees!
~ Paulo Coelho
Don't be intimidated by other people's opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do. Seek out people who aren't afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes.
~ Paulo Coelho
Fear exists before and after, but not while the shots are being fired, because, at that moment, you see men at their very limit, capable of the most heroic of actions and the most inhumane.
~ Paulo Coelho
Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public.
~ Paulo Coelho
Todos los caminos del mundo llevan hasta el corazón del guerrero; él se zambulle sin pensar en el río de las pasiones que corre por su vida.
~ Paulo Coelho
The most difficult thing in this world is to adopt the spirit and attitude of a warrior. It is no use being sad, complaining, feeling unjustly treated, and believing someone is doing something negative. No one is doing anything, and certainly not to a warrior.
~ Paulo Coelho
When I experienced humiliation and yet kept walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny.
~ Paulo Coelho
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.
~ Paulo Coelho
If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make. Each arrow leaves a memory in your heart, and it is the sum of those memories that will make you shoot better and better.
~ Paulo Coelho
Only a fool makes threats, and only another fool feels threatened.
~ Paulo Coelho
When you know how to use it, disobedience can be a virtue.
~ Paulo Coelho
A Warrior of the Light does not waste his time listening to provocations; he has a destiny to fulfill.
~ Paulo Coelho