Ysabella Brave quotes - page 2
You know you're already brave. You don't get very far in life without having to be brave an awful lot. Because we all have our frightening moments and difficult trials and we don't have much of a choice but to get through 'em, and it takes a lot of bravery to do that. The most important thing about bravery is this - It's not about not being scared - it's about being scared and doing it anyway - that's bravery.
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I am speaking of something that is no longer happening - that is not currently going on. If someone is abusing you, or doing something illegal, or even something you refuse to tolerate, and it's still continuing, that is not an issue of forgiveness, that is an issue of making sure that stops - even if you have to get away from that situation - that's very important.
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It is easy to consider advice when it is brought forth with care, and consideration, and gentleness. Sometimes people are offended or feel manipulated if you are so blustering, you see. And it's an opportunity to be kind - you know - usually if you're giving advice, it's because you care about people and you love them. So you ought to act that way.
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If you find yourself to be a - sort of an abrasive type of person, perhaps you might try to be gentle, because the truth is that gentleness and kindness are a lot more powerful than we are led to believe. And if you are like this, and people are telling you it doesn't work, don't listen to them - do what you know is right.
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So let God know what you're doing just by doing it - or feel good about yourself. But don't rely on men and women to inspire you to do good - because we will probably often fail you with our own imperfections! We all should be trying to improve ourselves, regardless of how much better off or worse off we are than the person next to us, because we can all get better.
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People have asked me to speak on being sick, and even specifically on chronic pain diseases. ... And I don't know what to tell you, except this - this is something I have discovered. Your body is fighting to live. This is in your very blood, in your heart, in your bones - your body is trying to live, it's fighting to live - and don't give up without a fight, you know? Do what you can do. Figure something out. If you have to, fight with people to get help - whatever it is, but don't give up without a fight. You remember - mark my words - you are here - you should be here - stay.
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This morning, when I got my mail - there's concrete all over the ground - cement, you know - and these little clovers - the little green clovers, like from St. Patrick's Day - the plant - were growing up out of the cement - no dirt and no nothing and no rain - and there they were, growing up out of the cement, and I was thinking - "that's like me."
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The other day, there was a man outside, beckoning to what I though was Has Wounds. ... He came back with an older man ... he was crying and sobbing, and - he's Has Wounds' owner! ... I told him about what I had done ... He said that he's been praying for her all of this time too. He'd been crying, he'd been singing - and he thought he was alone in alll this. The nights when I'd wondered ... where she was, corresponded with days where he'd wondered where she'd gone. ... And this man had cared for her for 16 years! ... I said how I had named her, and he said that in 16 years he had never come up with a name for her, because nothing seemed to suit her, and he was amazed to reveal that that was very much her, and he's going to call her that from now on! He begged to repay me somehow ... I said listen, the best thing you can do is what you have already done - love her, take care of her, be her owner! ...
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I went, and I was rejected immediately - like that. First chance I got to sing, they said "you have a very excellent voice, it's amazing, blah, blah, blah - not what we're looking for." And that was it. And you know, thinking about it later: I don't think it's really for me - you know what I mean? That's all we're going to say about that. Let's move on.
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I've been told I sound like I'm out of an old movie; that perhaps I'm faking my voice, that it's nice, that it's not nice - all kinds of things. Well it's my voice. The only thing I can think of is sometimes you're in one mood or another mood, and so maybe it sounds a little different, but I've always spoken this way - and I'm trying to sound pleasant - I hope it does sound pleasant, but that's about it.
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If you're coming into this YouTube thing, do it because of what you can do for other people... Don't worry so much about yourself, and if you're doing ok, and if you love yourself - you do, trust me. Think of what you can do for other people... Not some kind of self review, not some kind of day or week or however long to make sure you feel good about yourself - but thinking about the other people all around you, all the time, who could always - always use a hand, one way or another, even if it's kindness. Think of that instead. And maybe you are starting to notice my quote on the page "Look without, and you will be fulfilled within - without a doubt." I really mean that - look without, without of yourself - not within.
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No one can tell the mountain what it's missing, or that it's lacking, or that it's something that it's not. ... You know, you can shout all night long at the stars to stop twinkling - but they won't! ... And it's quite a compliment, really, that you can be what you are, and that you can do the right thing, regardless of how popular it is, or if you have anyone helping you - or if you don't get anything for it. ... All those people out there, looking up at you, screaming "stop twinkling!" - they have no power, at all. And what else could you do, being a star?
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