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Encouragement Quotes By Oscar Wilde

Whenever life sucks, remember you're going to die someday. — Oscar Wilde

Encouragement Quotes By Rachel Corrie

I got a number of very thoughtful responses to the email I sent out last night, most of which I don't have time to respond to right now. Thanks everyone for the encouragement, questions, criticism. Daniel's response was particularly inspiring to me and deserves to be shared. The resistance of Israeli Jewish people to the occupation and the enormous risk taken by those refusing to serve in the Israeli military offers an example, especially for those of us living in the United States, of how to behave when you discover that atrocities are being commited in your name. Thank you. — Rachel Corrie

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

You have the courage to take chances. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Steve Harvey

You don't have to sit there and keep losing valuable years of life with a man who's not right for you...You have to keep moving forward and believe that God has the right person for you...the right person to give you strength and encouragement to keep you jumping toward your dreams. — Steve Harvey

Encouragement Quotes By James Stenson

Speaking to the Heart is a great encouragement to men who want to be better husbands and fathers. It is both a practical job description of fatherhood-showing how fathers build strength in their children-and an inspiring call to family leadership. Any father who takes this book to heart and puts its wisdom into action will be known to his children as a great man. — James Stenson

Encouragement Quotes By Dale Dauten

There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges. — Dale Dauten

Encouragement Quotes By Paulo Coelho

And we often have a smile on our face and a word of encouragement, because no one can explain their loneliness to others, especially when we are always in good company. But this loneliness exists and eats away at the best parts of us because we must use all our energy to appear happy, even though we will never be able to deceive ourselves. But we insist, every morning, on showing only the rose that blooms, and keep the thorny stem that hurts — Paulo Coelho

Encouragement Quotes By Jud Wilhite

I want to offer a word of encouragement to authors: You have to feel called to the message of your book enough that you want people to get that message. When you get to that place, your passion goes through the roof, and then the other stuff happens. — Jud Wilhite

Encouragement Quotes By David Foster Wallace

She is silk in a bed of mail-order satin. Complete and seamless, an egg of sexual muscle. My motions atop her are dislocated, frantic, my lone interstice a trans-cultural spice of encouragement I smell with my spine. As, inside it, I go, I cry out to a god whose absence I have never felt to keenly. — David Foster Wallace

Encouragement Quotes By Jane Austen

We can all begin freely - a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement. In — Jane Austen

Encouragement Quotes By John Updike

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it. — John Updike

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

What you dream of, you will possess. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Evinda Lepins

A little knee time first thing in the day keeps u standing all day! — Evinda Lepins

Encouragement Quotes By Nancy Leigh DeMoss

God hates it when we stir up strife, disloyalty, or contention among His people. It may happen in the church, but don't you be a part of it. Don't do it. Pray, ask the Lord to make you a peacemaker, and ask the Lord to show you how you can minister support and encouragement to the spiritual leaders of your church. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Encouragement Quotes By Ziad K. Abdelnour

I believe Innovation is more likely to emerge from a culture of encouragement. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Encouragement Quotes By Craig T. Nelson

Most projects that I've done are really not about the project. They're about what's going on inside and around, that journey that we're all on, and what I can do to help that journey further itself and be of encouragement to somebody. — Craig T. Nelson

Encouragement Quotes By Steve Goodier

Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish so much. In ANY relationship, they are the applause that refreshes. — Steve Goodier

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

God reveals future events through dreams, vision and the sacred voice. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Shannon L. Alder

Don't look for the ninety percent of the darkness in a person's soul. Look for the ten percent of light they have left, then lend them yours because light was meant to be shared. — Shannon L. Alder

Encouragement Quotes By Scott Hahn

Love is something worth suffering for... — Scott Hahn

Encouragement Quotes By Ellen G. White

False religion may prevail, iniquity may abound, the love of many may wax cold, the cross of Calvary may be lost sight of, and darkness, like the pall of death, may spread over the world; the whole force of the popular current may be formed to overthrow the people of God; but in the hour of greatest peril the God of Elijah will raise up human instrumentalities to bear a message that will not be silenced. — Ellen G. White

Encouragement Quotes By Mary Beth Chapman

I know that suffering is one place where He ministers to us the most. So to think that we've had our quota would be foolish. I am just longing for the day when all the pain stops. — Mary Beth Chapman

Encouragement Quotes By Martha Beck

Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renee Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length. — Martha Beck

Encouragement Quotes By Victoria Danann

He was breathing heavy, but speaking assurances, words of encouragement delivered in short sentences. "Hang in there now. It'll be okay. We're almost there. Almost there. — Victoria Danann

Encouragement Quotes By Nicole Krauss

Sometimes I forget that the world is not on the same schedule as I. That everything is not dying, or that if it is dying it will return to life, what with a little sun and the usual encouragement. Sometimes I think: I am older than this tree, older than this bench, older than the rain. And yet. I'm not older than the rain. It's been falling for years and after I go it will keep on falling. — Nicole Krauss

Encouragement Quotes By Auliq Ice

Sometimes the 'day' you're dreaming for never comes. Take control of your future and start now. — Auliq Ice

Encouragement Quotes By Pat Conroy

Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly. — Pat Conroy

Encouragement Quotes By Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.

Before the battle begins and the outcome has been decided, let the adversary know that you are a fearless competitor, worthy of a second opinion. — Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.

Encouragement Quotes By Mary Fallin

Inspirational and will challenge readers to get involved in the lives of others to make a difference. Thank you for sharing your wonderful insight and encouragement. — Mary Fallin

Encouragement Quotes By Shakti Gawain

Every one of us comes into this life with lessons to learn and gifts to give. — Shakti Gawain

Encouragement Quotes By Stormie O'martian

When we forgive someone, it doesn't justify what they've done. It releases them into God's hands so He can deal with them. — Stormie O'martian

Encouragement Quotes By Shahbaz Bhatti

However, after the assassination of Salman Taseer, the killer of Salman Taseer was welcomed by the religious fanatics. And they showered rose petals on him and declared him a hero of Islam. That is a matter of concern for every peace-loving citizen of Pakistan because terrorists and killers should not be given this type of encouragement. And this is encouragement for other people to take lives with their own hands and kill innocent people. — Shahbaz Bhatti

Encouragement Quotes By Emmet Fox

Each day is a new life. Each moment is really a new life. What we call memories are really present thoughts. What we call anticipations are really present thoughts. No one has ever lived in any moment except the present. — Emmet Fox

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

The power of great thoughts,timeless possibilities. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Richelle E. Goodrich

It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

Embrace the beauty of existence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Diane Medved

It's not that parents love their children less than in generations past. It's that they no longer receive consistent societal support for the belief that parenting is their highest priority ... TV messages championed rather then detracted from wholesome ideals ... maybe "the old days" before the societal changes of the '60s weren't perfect, but they allowed a bevy of family-friendly forces to surround parents with encouragement for their mission ... — Diane Medved

Encouragement Quotes By George S. Clason

If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things? — George S. Clason

Encouragement Quotes By Francis Chan

It is the Holy Spirit who keeps us from this path and gives us confidence so we can enjoy intimacy with our Creator. Though I do not believe God gives us His Spirit solely for our personal benefit, it is undeniable that one of the greatest aspects of being in relationship with the Holy Spirit is the intimacy, security, and encouragement He brings us. It is then we can serve God as a beloved child rather than a stressed-out, guilt-ridden slave. — Francis Chan

Encouragement Quotes By Dan Davis

Our focus must always be on building people up. — Dan Davis

Encouragement Quotes By Jonathan Schell

Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in a single multiform cause, and they will gain strength by knowing it, taking encouragement from it, and when appropriate and opportune, pooling their efforts. — Jonathan Schell

Encouragement Quotes By Gordon B. Hinckley

I wish to be up and doing. I wish to face each day with resolution and purpose. I wish to use every waking hour to give encouragement, to bless those whose burdens are heavy, to build faith and strength of testimony. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Encouragement Quotes By Chris Cooper

But my absolute favorite part of it is after I finish, so I can wait there to encourage people to keep pushing to the end. By the time I'm finished all the fast people are already passed, so it's good to be able to cheer on those who really need that encouragement to finish. It's a great feeling when you acknowledge someone and they just brighten up and pick up their pace. That cheering at the end makes such a difference for the runners, you see it in the smiles on everybody's face. I love to be a part of that. It's just a tremendously inspiring race. — Chris Cooper

Encouragement Quotes By Andy Andrews

People who other people value get job offers, they get opportunities, and they get encouragement all because they are valued. — Andy Andrews

Encouragement Quotes By David O. McKay

Among life's sweetest blessings is fellowship with men and women whose ideals and aspirations are high and noble. Next to a sense of kinship with God comes the helpfulness, encouragement, and inspiration of friends. — David O. McKay

Encouragement Quotes By Travis J. Dahnke

A lot of people will ignore positive words when they are down and accept negative words. Those people never get better. — Travis J. Dahnke

Encouragement Quotes By Billy Graham

Renewal is brought by the Holy Spirit. Believers will learn what it means to minister to one another and build each other up. No longer will our lives seem ordinary and indistinguishable from the rest of the world. — Billy Graham

Encouragement Quotes By Robert Anton Wilson

In Unistat, due to the strong encouragement of individualistic third-and fourth-circuit (semantic-moral) functions, slavery had grown so repugnant that it was formally "abolished" within a century after the formation of the pack constitution; it lingered on through inertia in the form of "wage slavery," which required that all primates not born into the sixty families that "owned" almost everything would have to "work" for those families or their corporations in order to get the tickets (called "money") which were necessary for survival. — Robert Anton Wilson

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

Live a fearless life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Andre Agassi

Frankie's chief virtue in my book is the way he talks about his kids. — Andre Agassi

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

Never abandon widows, widowers and orphans. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By J.C. Ryle

There is a way by which any man, however sinful and unworthy, may draw near to God the Father. Jesus Christ has opened that way by the sacrifice He made for us upon the cross. The holiness and justice of God need not frighten sinners and keep them back. Only let them cry to God in the name of Jesus, - only let them plead the atoning blood of Jesus, - and they shall find God upon a throne of grace, willing and ready to hear. The name of Jesus is a never-failing passport to our prayers. In that name a man may draw near to God with boldness, and ask with confidence. God has engaged to hear him. Think of this. Is not this encouragement? — J.C. Ryle

Encouragement Quotes By Joel Osteen

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement. — Joel Osteen

Encouragement Quotes By Michael Josephson

Someone who lies for you will also lie to you. The occasional benefit your business may gain from a successful deception or concealment is always outweighed by the encouragement it provides to those willing to risk trust for success. — Michael Josephson

Encouragement Quotes By Marty Rubin

I'd rather be encouraged by an ant to live than taught to doubt by fifty skeptics. — Marty Rubin

Encouragement Quotes By Wayne Dyer

When you consider what you would love to accomplish in your life but feel ill-prepared to bring it about, picture the eighty-nine Michelangelo living five centuries ago, painting, sculpting, and writing. Imagine he is telling you that you can create whatever you desire, and the great danger is not in having too much hope, but in reaching what you have perceived as hopeless. — Wayne Dyer

Encouragement Quotes By Kevin Smith

Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever. — Kevin Smith

Encouragement Quotes By Malcolm Fraser

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. — Malcolm Fraser

Encouragement Quotes By Auliq Ice

Don't be afraid to have goals and dreams. Even in the face of haters and those who do not believe in you, don't stop dreaming. — Auliq Ice

Encouragement Quotes By Criss Jami

A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else. — Criss Jami

Encouragement Quotes By Robin M. Bertram

Our joy is not strapped by the confines of our present situation; it is deeply rooted in the confidence we have in Jesus Christ. It cannot be moved. — Robin M. Bertram

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

A determined soul and indomitable spirit are necessary for any achievement. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Matshona Dhliwayo

Do not kick a man when he is down or he might never get up. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Encouragement Quotes By Marianne Williamson

In the Jewish religion it says - in the time of deepest darkest night act as if the morning has already come — Marianne Williamson

Encouragement Quotes By Paula Fox

When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make the path. — Paula Fox

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

You must hunger for spiritual food. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Friendly people are caring people, eager to provide encouragement and support when needed most. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Encouragement Quotes By Emily Maroutian

Every time you get angry with yourself for where you are in your process of growth, it's the equivalent of chopping off the head of the rose because it hasn't bloomed yet. Now you have to go through that part of the process again. Anger will set you back every time and slow down your growth. However, self-compassion and self-encouragement are like water and sunshine; they help the growth process happen faster and easier. It's up to you how you want to proceed, but if you can break the habit of getting angry with yourself and replace it with some compassion and encouragement, then you will bloom like you have never bloomed before. — Emily Maroutian

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

Do not get discourage in pursuit of your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Kathy J. Marshack

they feel ignored, unappreciated, and unloved. That's because their context-blind Aspie family members are so poor at empathic reciprocity. As we have learned, we come to know ourselves in relation to others. This doesn't just apply when children are developing self-esteem. Throughout our lifespan, we continue to weave and re-weave the context of our lives, based on the interactions we have with our friends, coworkers, neighbors and loved ones. This is why it is so important for an NT parent/partner to get feedback from their spouse. A smile, a hug, a kind word, a note of encouragement: These are messages that reinforce the NT's self-esteem and contribute to a healthy reciprocity in the relationship. Without these daily reminders from their loved ones, NTs can develop some odd defense mechanisms. One is to become psychologically invisible to others and even to themselves. — Kathy J. Marshack

Encouragement Quotes By Lila Peiffer

People aren't too much different from roses, Jimmy. They both need the sunshine of encouragement, proper feeding, water, tender loving care, skilled pruning and room to grow. — Lila Peiffer

Encouragement Quotes By Eric Hoffer

When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition with ourselves leaves unimpaired our benevolence toward our fellow men. — Eric Hoffer

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

The Scriptures are the pearls of great words. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Deepak Chopra

Everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you've made in the past. — Deepak Chopra

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

May you have strength to complete studies. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and saving energy, and an expansive tendency made up of instincts for exploring, for enjoying novelty and risk-the curiosity that leads to creativity belongs to this set. But whereas the first tendency requires little encouragement or support from outside to motivate behaviour, the second can wilt if not cultivated. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Encouragement Quotes By Fennel Hudson

Creative people need strong encouragement. — Fennel Hudson

Encouragement Quotes By Lidiya K.

Your life looks like a prison because you focus on the things you wish you had and thus don't appreciate what you already have.
So why don't you try to see the abundance in your life? Because, if you haven't noticed, you've got many things to thank for. Just look around. — Lidiya K.

Encouragement Quotes By John Milton

Even the demons are encouraged when their chief is not lost in loss itself. — John Milton

Encouragement Quotes By O. Henry

All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman. — O. Henry

Encouragement Quotes By Joseph Story

At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment], the general, if not the universal sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience, and the freedom of religious worship. — Joseph Story

Encouragement Quotes By Michel Gondry

I had a lot of encouragement and tolerance from my parents, but I also have many friends who didn't get that from their parents and in a way they have more strength from spending years where nobody believed in them. — Michel Gondry

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

Discouragement is root of distress. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Sasha Azevedo

A heart that desires to give is the one that succeeds. — Sasha Azevedo

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

May you will have the grace to complete the task. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Joan D. Chittister

Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. — Joan D. Chittister

Encouragement Quotes By Stormie O'martian

The quality of your relationships will determine the quality of your life. And this is something worth praying about. — Stormie O'martian

Encouragement Quotes By Nicky Gumbel

With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own. — Nicky Gumbel

Encouragement Quotes By Kevin DeYoung

Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think. — Kevin DeYoung

Encouragement Quotes By Debasish Mridha

You are a unique person so get busy creating your unique position in this world. — Debasish Mridha

Encouragement Quotes By Jennifer DeLucy

Life's been one tough little shit, but there's a very obvious reason why she hasn't let me get too comfy, settle too long or sink too deep. She knows she has to kick me in the ass sometimes to get me moving on my journey. — Jennifer DeLucy

Encouragement Quotes By Stieg Larsson

Take "no" as an encouragement to redouble his efforts, so it was easier to say "yes" right away. — Stieg Larsson

Encouragement Quotes By Tamara L. Chilver

How do I find joy in my homeschool journey?
The answer is quite simple. I accept lots of God's grace. Grace to make mistakes. Grace to take a nap when I am exhausted. Grace to not feel guilty. Without His abundant provision of grace, I would be depleted, discouraged, and dissatisfied. Instead, I place all my trust in His direction and I embrace my calling as a homeschool mom. His grace has set me free from worry, fear, doubt, and guilt and I am overflowing with joy. Praise God! — Tamara L. Chilver

Encouragement Quotes By Leo Tolstoy

But what is war? What is needed for success in warfare? What are the habits of the military? The aim of war is murder; the methods of war are spying, treachery, and their encouragement, the ruin of a country's inhabitants, robbing them or stealing to provision the army, and fraud and falsehood termed military craft. The habits of the military class are the absence of freedom, that is, discipline, idleness, ignorance, cruelty, debauchery, and drunkenness. And in spite of all this it is the highest class, respected by everyone. All the kings, except the Chinese, wear military uniforms, and he who kills most people receives the highest rewards. — Leo Tolstoy

Encouragement Quotes By Gwenda Bond

We dropped our hands, both embarrassed by the sincerity of the moment. But I was learning, Sometimes you had to put it all out there, no matter how hard it felt to do so. When the people in your life were worth it, so was the risk. — Gwenda Bond

Encouragement Quotes By Nancy Duarte

Sometimes all it takes is a kind word of encouragement to get your heroes back on the right path. — Nancy Duarte

Encouragement Quotes By Andrew Neff

Marcie: I know you're still wounded. Danny, you have to let it go. That is what this mind game is all about, discovering who we are.
Humans lie to themselves all the time. There should be no disgrace in being human, that is what I believe. — Andrew Neff

Encouragement Quotes By Lailah Gifty Akita

I dance to the music in my heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement Quotes By Lisa Whelchel

I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms. — Lisa Whelchel

Encouragement Quotes By Edward Young

Men before you have quit smoking - you can too! — Edward Young