Thursday Thirteen # 7

13 Favorite Quotes from Paolo Coelho & Mitch Albom

Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But none of that is important: they did occur, and so be it. From there onward we must put aside the fear that they awoke in us and begin to rebuild.
The Fifth Mountain

He still had some doubts about the decision he had made. But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.
The Alchemist

Every time you wish something, keep your eyes wide open, focus and know exactly what you want. No one hits the target with eyes closed.
The Devil and Miss Prym

The one who loves has won the world and is not afraid of losing.
True love is an act of total abandon.
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

It's better to lose some of the battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

When you find your way, you cannot be scared. You need to be brave enough to take wrong steps. The deceptions, failures, lack of enthusiasm, are tools that God places in our way to reveal the path.
Brida

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
Tuesdays With Morrie

Death ends a life, not a relationship.
Tuesdays With Morrie

Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.
Tuesdays With Morrie

This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.
The Five People You Meet In Heaven

No life is a waste.
The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.
The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Love, like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive.
The Five People You Meet In Heaven

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