Sarah Dessen Quotes

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.

What I essentially did was to put one foot in front of the other, shut my eyes and step off the ledge. The surprise was that I landed on my feet.

Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.

Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith.

Leap...and the net will follow

Take a leap of faith. You will either land somewhere new or learn to fly.

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

When the world says, 'Jump,' you gotta jump. It's like me moving to America when I was 29. I just did it. And now it's a home. You can't plan those things.

Sometimes, you have to take a big risk.

Nobody understands how the world will change. The only way you can plan for the future is to have scenarios. You have to have the courage to take a leap of faith on one of them.

When we leap, we must leap as though the net will appear. A leap in life, however big or small, is an act of commitment with the expectation of success.

Look if you like, but you will have to leap.

My mother told me when I was a kid that each time we get to what feels like the edge of a cliff, we have two choices: to turn around and run, or to jump. I have learned over time to jump - and though it is scary, I know somewhere inside me that I will be caught.

Leap and grow your wings on the way down

When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: either there will be ground to stand on, or you will be given wings to fly.

Dive today from the cliff of what you know into what you can't know.

Every great move forward in your life begins with a leap of faith, a step into the unknown.

It’s all right,” the boy murmured as he felt her trembling. “My grandmother always told me ‘Never try to turn back on a new road—you don’t know what adventures await you.

There is little faith involved in setting out on a journey where the destination is certain and every step in between has been mapped in detail. Bravery, trust, is about leaving camp in the dark, when we do not know the route ahead and cannot be certain we will ever return.

Don't be afraid to take that leap into the unknown.

If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.

Faith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

In life you need to take a risk.