But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting…

Quote by Paulo Coelho

Topics: Defeat Quotes, Life Quotes, Struggle Quotes, Suffering Quotes

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Listen to your heart. Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your...

Listen to your heart. Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your...

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never...

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never...

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that...

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that...

Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.

Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and...

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and...

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is...

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is...

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely...

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely...

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when...

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when...

I still pray but it's something automatic, and I'm not even sure I still believe...

I still pray but it's something automatic, and I'm not even sure I still believe...

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them....

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them....

Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every...

Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every...

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them....

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them....

I think that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind...

I think that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind...

They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love...

They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back...

Stop worrying about pleasing others so much, do more of what makes you happy.

Stop worrying about pleasing others so much, do more of what makes you happy.