Annie F. Downs Quotes

#1. Courage doesnt tell you to let go when you know what to grab next. Brave people let go when its time to let go.

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#2. We don't screw up by saying yes to the wrong things; we screw up by letting all the floats in the parade pass us by and never jumping on one of them for a ride to the end.

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#3. Whether you are trying to finish a race or a book or that hard conversation you've been avoiding, the training leading up to that event is what makes it possible to face the fear & walk forward anyway. Quit complaining about discipline & start seeing it as a powerful tool for courageous living.

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#4. ... to pause is to win & to rest can actually be part of the victory.

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#5. Say yes to the open door.
Say yes to the situations that stretch you and scare you and ask you to be a btter you than you think you can be.
Say yes to the movement that will only come once.

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#6. He knows we need dreams in pieces because we would be too scared of the whole puzzle.

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#7. I love when the darkness ends, don't you? Maybe that's the whole thing. Maybe I find so much breath taking beauty in the sunrise not so much because of what is starting, but more because of what it signals has ended.

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#8. I don't know how old you are. But I know the lie you hear. You are too young. You are too old. You don't know enough, or you know too much. The truth is that courage doesn't have an expiration date. Courage doesn't have a marker that says, "You must be taller than THIS to ride this ride.

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#9. To see yourself the way God sees you is the first step in being brave.

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#10. When God tells you to be brave, he will make it work. It won't be perfect. It won't be easy. But it will be your story and your best story.

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#11. be brave enough to love the people around you, even if it looks like sacrifice and feels like loss.

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#12. If there are seeds of courage living in all of us, waiting to bloom, words are the sun and the water that cheer on those seeds to their fullness.

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#13. Look for the light. The light at your feet. And follow it. An when you know its right to hold on, hold on. Grip tightly until your hands are sore. But dont let go.

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#14. We were never meant for a wimpy life.

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#15. if you will go where you've never gone before, you will see God like you've never seen him before.

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#16. Courage implies action. like you are going somewhere or going to do something. Courage. Maps.Movement

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#17. I never felt brave. I never had a moment of extreme courage or belief that this was going to be the best decision I had ever made. I just did the next thing.

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#18. God is perfect (we are not). He sees the big picture (we do not). He knows everything (we do not). So I choose to believe in this - that I am who I am on purpose, that the One who made me has a purpose and has unconditional love for me and those in my life.

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#19. Be brave for yourself, be brave for your God, and be brave for the onlookers, the ones who will be inspired by you to inspire others.

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#20. I don't know how it works, the science and math of it all, but I know that love given is courage gained.

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