Don't Settle for Safe Quotes

“Despite the many tears that threatened to dilute it, your faith did not dissolve. Your heart is still pumping. Your pulse is a sign that this world needs you.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“If you can’t handle my no, it’s because you’re too comfortable abusing my yes.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“She caved into the pressure to be like everyone else and robbed the world of the wealth assigned to her truth.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“Keep the Promises You Make to Yourself”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“Remember this: you are strong enough to confront your history. Don’t turn away from your brokenness. Remember that you’re not doing this alone. God foreknew this moment would come. Every now and then we need a reminder that someone else has defeated a giant we must face. Allow this book to be that reminder. Instead of counting the reasons you have to be afraid, give yourself permission to be brave. You’ve already survived the trauma, but you can’t transform your pain into purpose until you’re willing to pick it up again. Roll up your sleeves, wipe your tears, and b”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“Instant gratification often results in long-term disappointment. The many broken promises I have made to myself have created wounds I am still discovering. Growth occurs when we confront our personal experiences and how they’ve changed us.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“There’s nothing wrong with not having figured out who you are, but so much can go wrong when you pretend that you have.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“. Her sin was that she allowed the serpent to have access to her mind. Guarding your heart does not mean that bad things won’t happen to you. It means that you won’t allow those bad things to take root and produce fruit in your mind. Weeds of fear and insecurity leave only room for internal negativity and hopelessness.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“If you’ve chosen to maintain an unhealthy mind-set out of fear of starting over, you will never be able to realize the full potential of your life.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“We must learn to practice integrity with ourselves before we can reasonably expect to receive it from anyone else.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“Pain touches every life, but if you’re open, it will also teach you a valuable life lesson.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“Imagine where your Light will take you when you begin to trust God and not the negative opinions or thoughts that live in your heart.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“Contrary to popular belief we do not just stumble into our decisions. Every emotion is connected to a thought and those thoughts produce action.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“God, You know exactly why I feel the way I do. You know the insecurities that played a role in the situation and the strength that will come as a result of it. I pray that You would help me to see __________ the way that You do. I know that at some point they’ve been hurt and victimized, as we all have. I ask that You would begin to heal their heart and hurt. Open their eyes to the power they have to overcome the things that caused them harm. Help me to release them from the pain they caused me. Let us all move on and grow from this moment. May the hard-earned lesson of this time be a wealth of wisdom for someone else who is struggling with the same thing that we’re currently facing. Bless ________’s heart on this journey that it may be healed and restored. In Jesus’ name.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“When God decided this world needed you, He created a village to surround you, and His presence is ever with you.”
― Lisa Bevere, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“Our environment either inspires who we want to become or challenges us on what we must avoid.”
― Lisa Bevere, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“Letting go is trusting that we can carry the lessons from our past in our hearts without constantly replaying the pain in our heads.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“the gift of growing requires letting go.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

“You’re the key that opens every door assigned to you.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable