--- title: "6 Decide Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "6 Decide quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Decide sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/paulo-coelho-10_choice_we-cant-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-deci_22869.jpg" --- > [We cant choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs were given.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-cant-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-decide-what-to-do-with-the-joys/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/paulo-coelho-10_choice_we-cant-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-deci_22869.jpg) > [We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-decide-what-to-do-with-the-joys/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/paulo-coelho-10_death_we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-dec_1945208.jpg) > [The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-challenge-will-not-wait-life-does-not-look-back-a-week-is-more/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/paulo-coelho-10_accepting_the-challenge-will-not-wait-life-does-no_1986852.jpg) > [We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-are-not-the-person-other-people-wish-we-were-we-are-who-we-decide/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/paulo-coelho-10_decision_we-are-not-the-person-other-people-wish_2157058.jpg) > [Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/solitude-is-not-the-absence-of-company-but-the-moment-when-our-soul/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/paulo-coelho-10_absence_solitude-is-not-the-absence-of-company-b_2418740.jpg) > [The only way to make the right decision is to find out which is the wrong decision, to examine that other path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-only-way-to-make-the-right-decision-is-to-find-out-which-is-the/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/paulo-coelho-10_decide_the-only-way-to-make-the-right-decision_2940321.jpg) ## Other authors on Decide ## 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/decide/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "6 Decide Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We cant choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs were given.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-cant-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-decide-what-to-do-with-the-joys/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/paulo-coelho-10_choice_we-cant-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-deci_22869.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/paulo-coelho-10_choice_we-cant-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-deci_22869.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/paulo-coelho-10_choice_we-cant-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-deci_22869.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We cant choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs were given.” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-decide-what-to-do-with-the-joys/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/paulo-coelho-10_death_we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-dec_1945208.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/paulo-coelho-10_death_we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-dec_1945208.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/paulo-coelho-10_death_we-can-t-choose-our-lives-but-we-can-dec_1945208.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The challenge will not wait. 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