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> [God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this. Let me straighten after pain, As a tree straightens after the rain, Shining and lovely again. God, make me brave for life; much braver than this. As the blown grass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/god-make-me-brave-for-life-oh-braver-than-this-let-me-straighten/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

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## More by Grace Noll Crowell

> [Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/whatever-else-be-lost-among-the-years-let-us-keep-christmas-still-a/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [The day will bring some lovely thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/the-day-will-bring-some-lovely-thing/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [Thank You Friend I never came to you, my friend, and went away without some new enrichment of the heart; More faith and less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/thank-you-friend-i-never-came-to-you-my-friend-and-went-away-without/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [God wrote His loveliest poem on the day He made the first silver poplar tree, And set it high upon a pale-gold hill For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/god-wrote-his-loveliest-poem-on-the-day-he-made-the-first-silver/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/let-us-keep-christmas-still-a-shining-thing/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [Girl with the burning golden eyes, And red-bird song, and snowy throat: I bring you gold and silver moons, And diamond stars, and mists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/girl-with-the-burning-golden-eyes-and-red-bird-song-and-snowy-throat/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [Home may be near, Home may be far - But it is anywhere love And a few plain household treasures are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/home-may-be-near-home-may-be-far-but-it-is-anywhere-love-and-a-few/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [How can I find the shining word, the glowing phrase that tells all that your love has meant to me, all that your friendship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/how-can-i-find-the-shining-word-the-glowing-phrase-that-tells-all/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [“Almost I feel the pulsebeat of the ages, Now swift, now slow, beneath my fingertips. The heartthrobs of the prophets and the sages Beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/almost-i-feel-the-pulsebeat-of-the-ages-now-swift-now-slow-beneath-my/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [If but one message, I may leave behind, One single word of courage for my kind, It would be this – Oh, brother, sister,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/if-but-one-message-i-may-leave-behind-one-single-word-of-courage-for/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this. Let me straighten after pain, As a tree straightens after the rain, Shining and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/god-make-me-brave-for-life-oh-braver-than-this-let-me-straighten/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

> [Let me come in when you are weeping, friend, and let me take your hand. I, who have known a sorrow such as yours,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-noll-crowell/let-me-come-in-when-you-are-weeping-friend-and-let-me-take-your-hand/)

[Grace Noll Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-noll-crowell/)

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