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Quotes About Change

I've never been as happy as I am now, because I followed the signs, I was patient, and I know that this is going to change everything.
~ Paulo Coelho
Creatures like the sheep, that are used to traveling, know about moving on.
~ Paulo Coelho
It isn't what you did in the past that will affect the present. It's what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.
~ Paulo Coelho
Nature is telling us: Change!
~ Paulo Coelho
Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.
~ Paulo Coelho
But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn. We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth. The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy.
~ Paulo Coelho
At that moment, Maria learned that certain things are lost forever.
~ Paulo Coelho
It's always necessary to know when a stage of one's life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need has passed,you lose the joy and meaning of the rest. And you risk being shaken to your senses by God.
~ Paulo Coelho
There were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. [...] People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same
~ Paulo Coelho
Remember: when someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.
~ Paulo Coelho
When faced with a loss, it is no use trying to recover what has gone. On the other hand, a great space has been opened up in your life - there it lies, empty, waiting to be filled with something new. At the moment of one's loss, contradictory as this might seem, one is being given a large slice of freedom.
~ Paulo Coelho
If I had a choice, if I had understood earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I wanted them like that, perhaps...
~ Paulo Coelho
When I had all the answers the questions changed
~ Paulo Coelho
It's what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.
~ Paulo Coelho
Sometimes taking part in a great battle will be the thing that will help to change the course of history. But sometimes you can do that simply by smiling, for no reason, at someone you happen to pass in the street. Without intending to, you might have saved the life of a complete stranger, who also thought he was useless and might have been ready to kill himself – until a smile gave him new hope and confidence.
~ Paulo Coelho
We are afraid to change because we think that, after so much effort and sacrifice, we know our present world. And even though that world might not be the best of all worlds, and even though we may not be entirely satisfied with it, at least it won't give us any nasty surprises. We won't go wrong. When necessary, we will make a few minor adjustments so that everything continues the same.
~ Paulo Coelho
No one should let themselves get used to anything.
~ Paulo Coelho
No one can go back, but everyone ca go forward. And tomorrow, when the sun rises,all you have to say to yourself is:I am going to think this day as the first day of my life.
~ Paulo Coelho
When you make a decision, you are really diving in a strong current that will bring you to places you never dreamed of when you first made that decision
~ Paulo Coelho
Don't think about what you've left behind.
~ Paulo Coelho
Heaven and Earth are meeting in a storm that, when it's over, will leave the air purer and the leaves fertile, but before that happens, houses will be destroyed, centuries- old trees will topple, paradises will be flooded.
~ Paulo Coelho
I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire.
~ Paulo Coelho
When you must choose a new path, do not bring old experiences with you. Those who strike out afresh, but who attempt to retain a little of the old life, end up torn apart by their own memories.
~ Paulo Coelho
Todos los días Dios nos da, junto con el sol, un momento en el que es posible cambiar todo lo que nos hace infelices.
~ Paulo Coelho