Quotes about Growth
No one ever loses anyone. We are all one soul that needs to continue growing and developing in order for the world to carry on and for us all to meet once again.
— Paulo Coelho
you only know yourself when you go beyond your limits
— Paulo Coelho
Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so
— Paulo Coelho
we're allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us
— Paulo Coelho
When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.
— Paulo Coelho
The soil needs the seed and the seed needs the soil. The one only has meaning with the other. It is the same thing with human beings. When male knowledge joins with female transformation, then the great magical union is created, and its name is wisdom. Wisdom means both to know and to transform.
— Paulo Coelho
You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.
— Paulo Coelho
the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become
— Paulo Coelho
Everyone has his or her own way of learning things. His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.
— Paulo Coelho
When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the courage to mercilessly pluck it out.
— Paulo Coelho
From the moment we are born, people tell us that the world is like this and like that, this way, that way. It is natural that - for a certain period of time - we end up believing what we are told. But we must soon push these ideas aside and discover our own way of living reality.
— Paulo Coelho
I was trying to come round to the idea that there might be an invisible reality capable of interfering in our lives, but the only reason I did so was because of a love I didn't want to believe I felt but which was continuing to grow in a subtle, devastating way. I was content in my universe and didn't want to change it at all, even though I was being propelled in that direction.
— Paulo Coelho