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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."


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


"Be happy with yourself to encourage others."


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



"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."


"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."


"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."



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


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


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


"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."


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



"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."


"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?"


"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."


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



"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."


"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."


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


"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."


"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."


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


"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."


"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."


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


"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."


"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."


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


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


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



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


"Keep your chin up. Eventually, you will meet someone who cares about your opinion. I'm so sorry I'm not her."


"The economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery."


"Correction does much, but encouragement does more."


"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."


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



"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."



"Do you understand how amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together.You can do it."



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


"With a grin like Banan's directed at her, for the first time in her life she didn't feel like a Plain Jane.And she had managed to walk to the car and get in it without incident. Maybe the day was looking up."


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



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


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


"To live in peace is gracious."


"Encouraging words are life-giving fountain."


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


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


"Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less."
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