Ann Rinaldi Quotes

Sometimes it takes courage to leave.

But mayn't desertion be a brave thing? A fine thing? To desert a thing we've gone beyond - to have the courage to desert it and walk right off from the dead thing to the live thing - ?

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

Knowing you need to make a change isn't enough. You've got to find the guts to do it.

I know I can't stay here forever

Do something today you've been afraid to do. A decision based on fear is the wrong decision.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes.

You have to have fear to take risks - and I want to at least try.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Sometimes the things that scare me are the things I'm drawn to: moving to London, L.A., New York; marrying, having a kid. In order to live a full life, sometimes you have to do things that scare you.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

I don't seek discomfort. But, very often, you realise that what you fear is actually quite ephemeral; something's different, something's unfamiliar; therefore, it must be worse.

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Every journey starts with fear.

The only certain freedom's in departure.

Many times in life, we say we want change but are then terrified when the opportunity for it arrives.

Change takes courage.

To imagine a better life for yourself and your family and to leave behind all that is familiar requires a special kind of courage.

It's very scary to become someone new, to take that path less followed.

Leaving Chelsea was sad, but naturally everything has to come to an end.

I have no regrets about leaving Barcelona.