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Encouragement Quotes


"Thanks to the heroic sons and daughters of this country, who have paid sacrifices, we have been able to score a number of victories which are encouraging the nation-building process we are engaged in."


"Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman and was one of the first female superheroes. It gives me more of an encouragement that we can be strong and can do whatever a guy can do."


"There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads."



"You're better than this. Better than whatever it is you're going to do now."


"There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die."


"We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly, angrily."


"Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down."


"Be happy with yourself to encourage others."


"By encouraging conservation, increasing investments in clean, renewable sources of energy, and promoting increased domestic production of oil and gas, we can build a more secure future for our country."


"In the last twelve years, we have come some distance towards reconciliation and the breaking down of disadvantage. Let us take encouragement from what has been achieved and set our minds and hearts to end the remaining roadblocks."


"The U.S. and Israel probably lead the way in terms of venture investment in technologies companies focused on the security paradigm. That is quite encouraging."


"I'm ending this.''No. Come on. It's not worth it.''You are,' he said fiercely, looking at her.'You're worth it."


"The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy."


"He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they were the best poets those two writing in those days but it wasn't very encouraging because, well, they weren't getting far were they?"


"You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred."


"Rekindle the joy yachtsman that lies deep inside of you; share magic crystals and watch it grow!"


"And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and especially rendering the Western world in greater peril."


"Greater public recognition will also be critical in encouraging prevention and early intervention, and more generally in building public support to meet the challenges of dementia."


"If then the prosperity of the commercial classes, will most certainly lead to accumulation of capital, and the encouragement of productive industry; these can by no means be so surely obtained as by a fall in the price of corn."


"I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new."


"No matter the challenges you are passing through today, always remember you are not alone."


"By encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind energy, we boost South Dakota's economy and we help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil."


"Weak hearts will be strengthened, and drooping saints will be revived as they listen to our "songs of deliverance." Their doubts and fears will be rebuked, as we teach and admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs."


"All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is."


"When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests."


"I've always thrived on the encouragement of others."


"Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you and in the end you are sure to succeed."


"Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls."


"Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible."


"Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter."


"Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge."


"If you are God's, there is nothing impossible for you."


"Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise."


"Encouraging words are life-giving fountain."


"A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration."


"Me? Beautiful? I'm plain as cardboard. That may be how you see yourself, but the rest of the world would be hard to agree. You shine brighter than the Milky Way.Now there are those who might try to take that from you, but you don't have to give it away. Keep on shining Pattyn.And when the right young man comes along, he'll love you all the more for giftin' this sad planet with your light."


"Bright light. You've always found your way."


"Lewis encourages his cancer-stricken and temporarily depressed wife that uncertainty rather than hopelessness is our cross."


"To live in peace is gracious."


"The economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery."


"When times get tough and your path gets rough, just hold on. You'll get there soon enough."


"Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging."


"You may encounter many disappointments. Be strong. Tell yourself, "I am good enough, I will try again."


"Discouragement comes to those Christians, who are living and are working hard to fulfill their visions and callings."


"Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. Christian Bovee A little praise Goes a great ways."


"I lifted my eyes, and, for the first time, admitted the truth."I gave up," I whispered."Don't give up," she whispered back."


"Correction does much, but encouragement does more."


"To encourage me is to believe in me, which gives me the power to defeat dragons."


"When your strength goes down, remember God is up to uplift you!"


"The people around you are the instruments that God will use to help you."
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