Paulo Coelho Quotes

The only faults considered grave are the following: not respecting the rights of one's neighbor, letting oneself be paralyzed by fear, feeling guilty, thinking one does not deserve the good and bad which occurs in life, and being a coward.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

Feare nothing but sinne.

Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.

He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

I hope I'm worthy in my dying. I hope I can maintain myself - that I wouldn't become pathetic and needy, and the worst part of myself come out in adversity. But I'm not afraid of it. It'd be such a silly thing to do! To ruin the life you have by fearing its ending.

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.

All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.

I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.

Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity.

Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.

One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.

Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and be nothing.

I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently. You can be kind for a while; you can be generous for a while; you can be just for a while, or merciful for a while, even loving for a while. But it is only with courage that you can be persistently and insistently kind and generous and fair.

When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity.

Stand up for your values, be courageous and humble