Saying yes Quote by Annie F. Downs

“We don’t screw up by saying yes to the wrong things; we screw up by letting all the floats in the parade pass us by and never jumping on one of them for a ride to the end.” quote by Annie F. Downs — Download Open image

““We don’t screw up by saying yes to the wrong things; we screw up by letting all the floats in the parade pass us by and never jumping on one of them for a ride to the end.””

Annie F. Downs

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