Every human being has a personal legend to be fulfilled, and this is our reason for being in the world. This personal legend manifests itself in our enthusiasm for the task. — Paulo Coelho
Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be. — Joseph Campbell
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. — James Allen
There exists within everyone a grand passion, an outlandish thirst for adventure, a desire to live boldly and vividly through the journey of life. — Kurt Hahn
It's about the journey--mine and yours--and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better. — Tony Dungy
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream. — Paulo Coelho
Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. — Henry Miller
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint — Oprah Winfrey
It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else. — Mariska Hargitay
Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you. — Marsha Norman
You are a person of destiny. You are not here by accident. There is no obstacle too big, no dream you can't accomplish. — Joel Osteen
There are only two lives we might live: our dream or our destiny. Sometimes they are one in the same, and sometimes they're not. Often our dreams are just a path to our destinies. — Glennon Melton
Each man's life represents a road toward himself. — Hermann Hesse
Short Personal Legend Quotes
We write our own destiny ...we become what we do. — Chiang Kai-shek
Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet. — Victor Hugo
Live a life as a monument to your soul. — Ayn Rand
What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about. — Joseph Epstein
The single common denominator of men and women who achieve great things is a sense of destiny. — Brian Tracy
Celebrate your own
special spirit
fly on the wings
of your secret dreams — Laurel Burch
Personal Legend Image Quotes
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
The Alchemist Personal Legend Quotes
I told you that your dream was a difficult one. It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them. — Paulo Coelho
If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it — Paulo Coelho
The soul of the world is nourished by people's Happiness. — Paulo Coelho
To love a person is to see all of their magic, and to remind them of it when they have forgotten.
The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth. — Paulo Coelho
Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World. — Paulo Coelho
Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selevtive you become.
Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are. — Paulo Coelho
The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's only real obligation. All things are one. — Paulo Coelho
If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. — Paulo Coelho
The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon. — Paulo Coelho
Day Legend Quotes
We ought to change the legend on our money from "In God We Trust" to "In Money We Trust." Because, as a nation, we've got far more faith in money these days than we do in God. — Art Hoppe
Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?' A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day! — J. R. R. Tolkien
We won't ever see another one like Paul Scholes. He is a legend and a real benchmark. He is not interested in the modern-day footballer's life off the pitch, but he is a world-class player on it. — Darren Fletcher
Don't confuse my personality with my attitude... My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are...
Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. — Hans Arp
Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. — Jean Arp
Did you know that according to legend, the guy who became Buddha decided to seek enlightenment the day he got a touch of gray? "Gray hairs," the would-be Buddha said, "are like angels sent by the god of death". — Anderson Cooper
Life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.
I think I play tennis for, to against a big legend, big court, short time. That's what I train for. That's why every day I wake up and I wish I could play those matches, you know. It's like, for me it's the best thing can happen is to play against that guy on that stage, you know. — Gael Monfils
But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her Lord relief, And chirped when any near would come. Hugswala swala swal honom! Meaning, as they who tell it deem, Oh, cool, oh, cool and comfort Him! — Charles Godfrey Leland
Escapology has one thing going for it that probably made Harry Houdini such a superstar in his day and a legend in the present. Everyone wants to escape from something. Taxes, contracts, illness, work, the multitude of burdens that we chafe under are shadows from which we want to escape. — James Randi
You might be a legend one day if you just keep your head to the ground and never get overzealous and start thinking you've outdone yourself. That's the space I try to stay in. — Bryce Wilson
My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going. — Big Sean
The bodybuilding world has lost one of its greatest legends. I had a chance to speak with Steve Michalik a year ago at The Upper State Bodybuilding competition. We laughed and shared our personal opinions about bodybuilding [today's scene and how it was in the past]. Steve, we'll miss you. R.I.P. — Lee Haney
A strong person loves, forgives, walks away, lets go, tries again, perseveres... No matter what life throws at them.
There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. — Diane Arbus
Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. — Paulo Coelho
Electronic culture created soulless replacements for connective rituals- television supplanted tribal legends told by the fire; 'fast food' consumed in distraction took the place of a shared meal. We substituted matter for Mater (feminine principle), money for mother's milk, objects for emotional bonds. — Daniel Pinchbeck
What is a personal calling? It is God's blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don't all have the courage to confront our own dream. — Paulo Coelho
Love will never separate a man from his personal legend. — Paulo Coelho
You must always know what it is that you want. — Paulo Coelho
The glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our personal legend, to believe in our utopias, and to fight for our dreams. — Paulo Coelho
To have my name said like, "Common and John Legend, Golden Globe nominees," is one of the greatest achievements I've ever had as an artist, as a person. — Common
If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. — Paulo Coelho
Everyone when they are young knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. — Paulo Coelho
When you possess great treasures within you and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed. — Paulo Coelho
The first thing I think of when I hear the name of Lucille Ball is a Hollywood legend. I have fond memories of growing up at her house, but she was a different person off the set than she was on the set. — Keith Thibodeaux
A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves. — Edward Sapir
Myths, legends and stories are the signposts previous generations have left us so we don't have to figure out our own personal journey in solitude!
They have to be metaphorical, because their interpretation will be different for each individual life! — Fred Van Lente
This is true Hollywood glamour! I am taking personal jewels from a screen legend and creating a one-of-a-kind pair of shoes,which will be worn by a movie star of today. — Stuart Weitzman
I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player. — Bill Walton
The only job you have in life is to recognize and honor your personal legend — Paulo Coelho
The closer you get to your dream, the more your personal legend becomes your real reason for living. — Paulo Coelho
One can abandon one's personal legend for a time, as long as one does not forget about it entirely and returns to it as soon as possible. — Paulo Coelho
If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falling upon the ungenerous and mean person. — Charles Alexander Eastman
life is the moment we're living right now. — Paulo Coelho
You have a personal legend to fulfil, period. It is of no matter if others support you, or criticise you, ignore or tolerate you. You are doing that because that is your destiny on this earth, and the source of any joy. — Paulo Coelho
There's a quality of legend about freaks.
Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. — Diane Arbus
Then, accepting the help of God and of God's signs, he allows his personal legend to guide him toward the tasks that life has reserved for him. — Paulo Coelho
One can write out of love or hate. Hate tells one a great deal about a person. Love makes one become the person. Love, contrary to legend, is not half as blind, at least for writing purposes, as hate. Love can see the evil and not cease to be love. Hate cannot see the good and remain hate. The writer, writing out of hatred, will, thus, paint a far more partial picture than if he had written out of love. — Jessamyn West
I'm not a real person. I'm a legend. — Jean-Michel Basquiat
I'm first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can't say why I'm one. — Paulo Coelho
I think it's a legend that Lars von Trier is such a tough person to work with. I really didn't experience any of that. Of course, he's difficult in the sense that what he asks for is difficult. For my part in Antichrist, I suffered a bit. But it was the part - it wasn't him. He wasn't cruel. On the contrary, he was very kind. You know what you're up for when you read the pitch. — Charlotte Gainsbourg
It's not success that makes a person's life worthy of legend. It's provocative defeat, someone who struggled mightily and lost. And that loss can't just be gratuitous - there has to be something about his or her character that whittles that loss into something provocative. — Lawrence Douglas
When I started martial arts... Bruce Lee is obviously the top dog and Jackie Chan is a legend. But for a lot of westerners it was Van Damme. He was the first person you saw that made you realise you didn't need to be Asian or Oriental to do that stuff. — Joey Ansah
When a child my mother taught me the legends of our people; taught me of the sun and sky, the moon and stars, the clouds and storms. She also taught me to kneel and pray to Usen for strength, health, wisdom, and protection. We never prayed against any person, but if we had aught against any individual we ourselves took vengeance. We were taught that Usen does not care for the petty quarrels of men. — Geronimo
One of the coolest moments for me is still when Kenny G came back to a venue to find me and personally tell me that he loved my song "Void of a Legend" and had watched the video several times. It's the ultimate feeling to get feedback like that from an artist you look up to — Antoniette Costa
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