Encouraging Quotes Quotes & Sayings

Any church that is overly emphasizing the role of miracles is encouraging his members to be indolent. — Sunday Adelaja

You're probably gonna find this hard to believe, but I was sort of weird when I was a kid."
Salvatore "Sally" Sweet — Janet Evanovich

Relax,Refreshed! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't let anyone make you believe that without their support you can't make it, hey look up, help is coming from unexpected places. Cheer up! — Bernard Kelvin Clive

You cannot comfort a man and kick him at the same time. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Hope is strong trust in divine power. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Hope is a joyful soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Let go of your fears and look ahead with great hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Less gossiping, more encouraging.
Less complaining, more thanksgiving.
Less criticizing, more complimenting.
Less hurting, more helping.
Less hating, more caring. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house. — Warren E. Burger

Who burned cigarette holes in their arms protesting the narcotic tobacco haze of Capitalism — Allen Ginsberg

If I needed to know about a security exploit, I preferred to get the information by accessing the companies' security teams' files, rather than poring over lines of code to find it on my own. It's just more efficient. — Kevin Mitnick

The future is always unknown. Don't worry about the future. Appreciate the present and be hopeful for the future. — Lailah Gifty Akita

By encouraging the critic in themselves (the hater) they have killed the artist (the lover). — Brenda Ueland

If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don't abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn; if you wish for this, sit down in the fire. — Rumi

~ Faith lightens the path your shadowed mind has to walk ~ — Michelle Horst

Christmas succeeds Christmas rather than the days it follows. — John Crowley

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me. — Jimmy Carter

If you can not call out bigotry, corruption, racism, sexism, xenophobia, islamophobia, ageism, agnosticism, imperialism, antiblackism, antisemitism, authoritarianism, terrorism, egoism, and totalitarianism; then you are encouraging it to grow. There is no retreat from all the "isms" conflicts with which we must cope.

The most fecund killer of innocent in all of human history is not a disease or natural catastrophe. It is rooted in a sick way of thinking in which we have been programmed. Avoiding the quandary isn't helpful. A public discussion of these challenges could open up a new dialogue of approach. Without, this is the reality that the next generation would have to live with. — Henry Johnson Jr

Discouraging words...discourage dreams,
Encouraging words...sprout dreams,
Parents plant the seeds! — Kristin Anderson Cetone

Delusional or not, maybe if I believe in a better world with enough conviction, and convince others to believe it as well, then it will be real. — Emilyann Girdner

If you take a look around this great big world, every beautiful thing that you see God created. — Heather Wolf

People are like lights. Some are colored lights and draw attention to themselves. Others are clear lights. They shine on people in around them. — Steve Goodier

In a world resistant to change, we have to take matters into our own hands. Modern society and culture fails to support our healing by literally encouraging us to sustain our addictions. — Dashama Konah Gordon

Beauty draws us with a single hair. — Alexander Pope

Vexis listened, then shook her head, her eyes full of sorrow. 'YOU are the fool! You cannot rob people of their beliefs and expect them to just accept it. Even now, I mourn the death of Avanti every day. Even though I now know she was never real. The idea of Avanti was real. Serving Avanti gave me a purpose, I felt she was guiding and encouraging me. Now I have nothing, I am reduced to simply "making it up as I go along". I hate you Brael. I will never forgive you for what you did.'
Brael took a deep breath. 'You were always making it up as you went along. You just didn't know it. People need to take responsibility for their actions. There is one person guiding me, and that is me. I will live as long as I can and I will try to leave this world a better place for my presence. That is enough purpose for all. — Martyn Stanley

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore ... prove ultimately futile. — Pope John Paul II

Our infinitesimal hopes should survive longer than our vast disappointments — Munia Khan

Patriarchy is not God's dream for humanity. — Sarah Bessey

Life is filled with endless hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouraging words are hands that pool others from the despair of life. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

The inferior put others down;
the superior lift others up;
the great are an asset to themselves and the world. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Any church that over emphasises miracles is encouraging laziness. — Sunday Adelaja

The children are the future, so, let's tell them about tomorrow's hope rather than yesterday's despair. — Onyi Anyado

At risk of being one of those annoying quote folks, a good friend balked at the idea of putting a steroid needle into this one. She said that I should never risk the story for word counts. I have to admit that she had a damned good point and I'm following her advice on this one. Thanks Lee! So — Wayne Lemmons

Encouragement is a divine awaken of the soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I dabbled in verse and it became my life — Patrick Kavanagh

Every day is a new day to hope, dream and try again. — Heather Wolf

There is nothing I love more than helping someone realize how corrupt our food system is and them making great changes in their own life because of it. — Kristin Cavallari

Of course not. I'd have shot you right in the head, Wayne."
"You're a good friend," Wayne said. "Thanks, Wax."
"You're the only person I know that I can cheer up by promising to kill him. — Brandon Sanderson

YOUR DREAMS WANT YOU. YOUR DREAMS LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE IT. — Diana Rose Morcilla

Hope is a believe in God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always. — Roy Bennett