Sarah Dessen Quotes

Confidence is a static state. Determination is active. Determination allows for doubt and for humility - both of which are critical in the world today. There is so much that we don’t know, and so much that we know we don’t know. To be overly confident or without doubt seems silly to me. Determination, on the other hand, is a commitment to win, a commitment to fight the good fight.

Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can.

My gift is execution; when I decide I'm going to do something, I'll stop at nothing to do it. Along the way, you take a lot of risks and go for it, but you have to believe in it. You gotta believe in your idea, and lucky for me, I found a lot of success in that.

I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

To hold on, you have to find something you’re willing to die for.

If you got the balls to follow something through, you can end up being the coolest, smartest guy in the room, because you've literally put your ass on the line.

I take on daunting tasks.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

I've never been afraid to fail.

That's the whole key to anything: Don't be afraid to fail. And Bernie Mac is not afraid to fail.

Difficulty does not deter me. In fact, I find challenges exciting.

I'm always challenging myself, looking forward I'm not afraid of anything.

Take risks. Never say die. It has worked for me.

I'm not afraid to tell people what I hope to accomplish and what I believe I'm capable of. I'm ready to take the backlash if I don't accomplish my dreams.

Daring is doing. Daring is asking something outrageous despite your chances of failure and rejection. Daring is going out on a limb by believing in something that no one else understands, and if all fails, daring is trying again.

I'm not afraid of failure.

I'm not afraid to fail - at all.

I'm not afraid of being told 'no.'

Half of my success is my fearlessness and recklessness - of just seeing the end and not stopping until you get there.

I may not be smart enough to do everything, but I am dumb enough to try anything.

Courage is holding on one minute longer than everyone else. Courage is stepping forward when every fiber of your being says step back. Courage is being willing to do the impossible because it is the right thing to do.

I will walk where failures fear to walk.

Be tenacious. One thing that has allowed me to have some level of success is that I am fine with cold-calling people. It doesn't scare me to call someone who has no idea who I am and say I'd love to take you to lunch.

It's the courage to stay with something long enough to succeed at it.

Anything I’ve ever attempted, I was always willing to fail.