Paulo Coelho on attention
Paulo Coelho96 quotes“Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention.”
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People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho Don’t listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people’s failures.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho You are what you believe yourself to be.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each of us responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel.
Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
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Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.
Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.
Charlie MungerCharlie Munger It’s not how many followers you have, it’s how many care. It’s not width, it’s depth. It’s not how many impressions you get, it’s how much attention you get.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
James ClearJames Clear Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.
PinkPink If you’re the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.
Mick JaggerMick Jagger I admire you on how you always pay attention to every little things like they all matter to you.
A. DimitriA. Dimitri You are not obligated to pay attention to things that threaten your peace.
Ine GraceIne Grace
