Paulo Coelho Quotes

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

You can't just shuffle people around like they're deck chairs on a ship. You have to help them change their lives, and you have to give them the requisite resources to do so.

We have to learn everything we do.

One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

I started life washing cars in Canada before moving on to selling life insurance and vacuum cleaners. Later, I went through a programme by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, which literally changed my life. It was the turning point.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.

The '90s were a time of building for me. Building a life that was sober, drained of harmful, wasteful excess and manufacturing in its place a family of my own.

I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

My wife is wonderful. She's one of the people who has changed my life around... or has allowed ME to change my life around.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.

Every day you learn something new.

Everything that happens to me in my life, be it good or bad, it's all education, and it's important for that to become part of what you do. It all feeds the beast.

It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about helping people change their lives one day at a time.

As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.

I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I've come to the conclusion that we all get an education.

My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.

I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.