Famous quote by Paulo Coelho

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"If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it"

- Paulo Coelho

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This quote suggests that if you make guarantees that you are not able to keep or achieve, you will ultimately become demotivated and lose the drive to work towards it. It is necessary to set sensible goals and work towards them in order to keep inspiration and achieve what you have actually set out to accomplish.

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About the Author

This quote is written / told by Paulo Coelho somewhere between August 24, 1947 and today. He was a famous Novelist from Brazil. The author also have 19 other quotes.

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