--- title: "6 Convince Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "6 Convince quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Convince sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/paulo-coelho-10_accomplish_the-boy-didn-t-know-what-a-personal-lege_193754.jpg" --- > [The boy didn't know what a Personal Legend was. 'It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-boy-didn-t-know-what-a-personal-legend-was-it-s-what-you-have/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/paulo-coelho-10_accomplish_the-boy-didn-t-know-what-a-personal-lege_193754.jpg) > [And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/and-one-more-thing-you-still-believe-that-man-can-be-good-if-that/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/paulo-coelho-10_be-good_and-one-more-thing-you-still-believe-tha_217793.jpg) > [“I want and need to like myself again; I have to convince myself that I’m capable of taking my own decision.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-want-and-need-to-like-myself-again-i-have-to-convince-myself-that-i/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/paulo-coelho-10_quote_i-want-and-need-to-like-myself-again-i-h_924527.jpg) > [Love is joy. Don't convince yourself that suffering is a part of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-is-joy-don-t-convince-yourself-that-suffering-is-a-part-of-it/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/paulo-coelho-10_convince_love-is-joy-don-t-convince-yourself-that_1208948.jpg) > [“Seek out those who think differently from you and whom you will never be able to convince that you are right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/seek-out-those-who-think-differently-from-you-and-whom-you-will-never/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/paulo-coelho-10_convince_seek-out-those-who-think-differently-fro_2490895.jpg) > [Now go back and meet all those people who you think know everything. Convince yourself that they're right, because we all know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/now-go-back-and-meet-all-those-people-who-you-think-know-everything/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/paulo-coelho-10_believe_now-go-back-and-meet-all-those-people-wh_2939507.jpg) ## Other authors on Convince ## More by Paulo Coelho > [I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-have-inside-me-the-winds-the-deserts-the-oceans-the-stars-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-will-never-separate-a-man-from-his-personal-legend/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-world-has-a-soul-and-whoever-understands-that-soul-can-also/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/you-dont-choose-your-life-it-chooses-you-theres-no-point-asking-why/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/to-love-is-to-be-in-communion-with-the-other-and-to-discover-in-that/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-is-not-enough-to-dream-of-the-impossible-love-it-is-necessary-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/eat-when-it-is-time-to-eat-and-walk-when-it-is-time-to-walk/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/people-are-reading-more-and-writing-more-because-of-the-internet-so/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/joy-is-like-sex-it-begins-and-ends-i-want-pleasure-i-want-to-be/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Trudi se da zivis, sjecanja su za starije ljude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/trudi-se-da-zivis-sjecanja-su-za-starije-ljude/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-ve-always-been-a-very-restless-person-i-work-hard-spend-too-much/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-someone-leaves-it-s-because-someone-else-is-about-to-arrive/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-past-and-the-future-become-unimportant-there-is-only-that-moment/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/she-didn-t-need-to-understand-the-meaning-of-life-it-was-enough-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-simpler-the-pose-the-better-the-more-sober-the-more-beautiful/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convince/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "6 Convince Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The boy didn't know what a Personal Legend was. 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