--- title: "3 Emily Colson Quotes" description: "Emily Colson has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-emily-colson-86986.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Emily Colson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-emily-colson-86986.jpg) # Emily Colson **3** quotes in **5** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Emily Colson > [“When I finally made it across the dune, I found her gazing at the ocean and holding a weathered fence post as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-colson/when-i-finally-made-it-across-the-dune-i-found-her-gazing-at-the/) Emily Colson [Fence post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fence-post/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/emily-colson-86986_fence-post_when-i-finally-made-it-across-the-dune-i_391389.jpg) > [“Everyone ... is scared and messy with a history of failures; it's just that only some of us show it on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-colson/everyone-is-scared-and-messy-with-a-history-of-failures-it-s-just/) Emily Colson [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/emily-colson-86986_failure_everyone-is-scared-and-messy-with-a-hist_512741.jpg) > [“The Bible is layered, incredibly complex, and yet perfectly simple. But your heart has to be open to truly "read" it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-colson/the-bible-is-layered-incredibly-complex-and-yet-perfectly-simple-but/) Emily Colson [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/emily-colson-86986_bible_the-bible-is-layered-incredibly-complex_645533.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-colson/#itemlist", "name": "Emily Colson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When I finally made it across the dune, I found her gazing at the ocean and holding a weathered fence post as if it were the mast of a sailboat. 'That was quite a sprint you did on that soft sand,' I said, huffing and puffing. She smiled, but didn't respond. So I clarified, 'That sand is hard to get through.' She laughed. 'It's easier to get through the tough stuff if I give it a little muscle.' I looked at her out of the corner of my eye and said coyly, 'I think there's a life lesson there.' 'Nah,' she refuted. 'I've exercised my whole life. Lots of practice. It comes naturally now.' 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