Positive Encouragement Quotes & Sayings

Bitterness leads to misery. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God is calling you to relinquish your old habits and beliefs that are holding you back from being all He called you to be. To trust that He has something bigger and better in store for you. — Dana Arcuri

Words are powerful. If you've been on the other end of stinging criticism, you know what I mean. Will one positive remark transform your family? Probably not. But keep it up. No one can resist the power of encouragement. — Max Lucado

We believe that 95% of your emotions are determined by the way you talk to yourself as you go throughout your day. The sad fact is that if you do not deliberately and consciously talk to yourself in a positive and constructive way, you will, by default, think about things that will make you unhappy or cause you worry and anxiety. Your mind is like a garden. If you do not deliberately plant flowers and tend carefully, weeds will grow without any encouragement at all. — Brian Tracy

My encouragement is: Don't settle where you are. You have seeds of greatness on the inside. Put these principles into action each day. Get up in the morning expecting good things, go through the day positive, focused on your vision, running your race, knowing that you are well able. Winning is in your DNA. The most high God breathed His life into you. You've got what it takes. This is your time. This is your moment. Shake off doubts, shake off fear and insecurity, and get ready for favor, get ready for increase, get ready for the fullness of your destiny. You can, you will! — Joel Osteen

You ought to enjoy the rhythm of the sacred ride. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Positive life, positive action. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You have to see the good in yourself before expecting someone else to see the good in you. Be aware of who you are and what you can truly be. — Blaque Diamond

Do not allow the opinions of others to oppress you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is only God who gives strength and wisdom for fulfill the God-given dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every day holds infinite opportunities. Explore! — Lailah Gifty Akita

You don't have to be bitter in life. Focus on the beauty of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Do not compete with anyone. Seek to exceed your own expectations. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Dwell on the beauty of sacred-existence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Renewal requires opening yourself up to new ways of thinking and feeling — Deborah Day

You can overcome every hurdle with positive attitude. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May you travel on your destiny path. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you count your blessings, you will know, they outnumber your troubles. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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. — Steve Goodier

Perpetual possibilities exist to win the game of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every circumstance is a channel of miracles. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Dismiss any thought that leads to discouragement. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Renewed mind, revived spirit and restored strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Positive life, positive actions. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Scriptures are words of great encouragement. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Stand fast in the grace of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be optimistic and don't ever get discouraged or give up no matter how vain it may seem initially — Sunday Adelaja

Great stories strengthen us to be great souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Positive thinking is the power of the mind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite different. When you are looking for a solution, you are feeling positive emotion, but when you are looking at a problem, you are feeling negative emotion. — Esther Hicks

What people want is perfection," said the man. "In themselves." "But they need the steps to it to be pointed out," said the woman. "In a simple order," said the man. "With encouragement," said the woman. "And a positive attitude. — Margaret Atwood

Every action in the present defines future possibilities. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you possess a gentle spirit will move mountains. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You are a light born to shine. You are not who the world thinks you are. You are not what you think you are. You are as God created you. Never see yourself less than that. You are powerful than you know! — Kemi Sogunle

If you want to dismiss a negative thought, the only way to do so is to think of something positive and constructive. — Emmet Fox

In my books and in romance as a genre, there is a positive, uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense of encouragement and hope for a brighter future - or a brighter present. — Debbie Macomber

So Encourage Each Other and Build Each Other Up-Positive Connections. — Anonymous

Every new day brings new adoration and new adventure. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Positive energy, positive work. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You will succeed at the sacred time. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be happy with those who are joyful. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you don't choose what you want, others will give you their choices. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When you think positively, you attract divine forces for a positive lifestyle. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Whatever's got you down is causing a great deal of stress. Pick yourself up and reflect on the positive things about your life. You'd be surprised at how one slingshot of optimism can overturn the deep dark thoughts affecting your mood and making you vulnerable. — Bianca McCormick-Johnson

If you don't choose what you want, someone make the choice for you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The strength of my heart is the music in my spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I graciously survived depression, mental-illness and attempt of suicide. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Whatever you can conceive, you can achieve it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Dream. Desire. Dare. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be bold in mind, in spirit and in faith. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Renew your mind with the word of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is better to trade your bitterness with gratefulness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Without continuous encouragement, we may give up. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Great spirit, great self-esteem. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Pure mind.
Pure body.
Pure spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Keep going forward. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be you. You are a holy-self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Say NO to negativity and say YES to positivity. Negativity has no place in your life. — Stephanie Lahart

Don't cry for them to be happy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be happy while you have breathe. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It is better work without being paid to fulfill a divine purpose than to be rich without any fulfillment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I hold on to faith and hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Take a new look at your present "impossible." Consider positive ways to handle it. — Norman Vincent Peale

We dare to dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I don't mind failing because that means I'm trying. But giving up, now that's something that I'm just not willing to do. I will continue to try and try again. I will keep my peace, stay focused, and know that my time will come. My positive attitude will not depart me. I will hold it close and keep on striving, knowing that what's meant for me, will be. Nothing and nobody can stop it! My dedication and hard work won't fail me, but most importantly, I won't fail myself. I'm a winner and I'm a fighter! I don't allow challenges to stop me. — Stephanie Lahart

We need to develop new strategies overcome every challenge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The importance of cultivating assumption of the best intentions in others cannot be over-estimated. Fostering this principal of, "goodness of intent," and committing to seeing others and the world through this lens makes for a successful, happy field of vision. This enables us to put our focus and energy to positive, productive outcomes. It lends to a spirit of cooperation and encouragement which is highly effective and satisfying for most people most of the time. That being said, these "rose colored glasses," as vibrant and pleasing as they are, must not become an excuse to look the other way when something needs a different focus, or fixed. We must not let them become blinders which are obviously ineffective, often negative, and occasionally dangerous. — Connie Kerbs

Be you! You are a heavenly being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Dwell on good thoughts. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In essence, joy is the quiet confidence that everything will work out right. The best part of being filled with joy is that it's contagious. Your joy overflows. You can't keep it to yourself. It spills over to touch other lives in such a marvelous way. People around you want to be in your company. You lift their spirits! — Dana Arcuri

The new captain looked up. Oh, good grief, Vimes thought. It's bloody Rust this time round!
And it was indeed the Hon. Ronald Rust, the god's gift to the enemy, any enemy, and a walking encouragement to desertion.
The Rust family had produced great soldiers, by the undemanding standards of 'Deduct your own casualties from those of the enemy, and if the answer is a positive number, it was a glorious victory' school of applied warfare. But Rust's lack of any kind of military grasp was matched only by his high opinion of the talent he in fact possessed only in negative amounts. — Terry Pratchett

Never allow anyone to look down upon you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

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

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

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

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

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

Encouraging words are life-giving fountain. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In suffering, we build our strength for ultimate success. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is only by giving our very best to the present; we will uphold the timeless future. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Encouragement activates the strength of sacred being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is an enduring endeavour. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

We see the greatness of God in times of great challenge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

With persistent attempt, you will succeed. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be diligent and be determined! — Lailah Gifty Akita

I had a great first year and Mr. MacDonald was my biggest supporter. He gave me the encouragement I needed that first year to get my career started on a positive note. — Jim Evans

I am tired of hearing negative words. I will supersaturate the world with positive words. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Creative business seminar. Basically a quick, impromptu brainwashing course to educate your typical corporate warriors. They use a training manual instead of sacred scriptures, with promotion and a high salary as their equivalent of enlightenment and paradise. A new religion for a pragmatic age. No transcendent elements like in a religion, though, and everything is theorized and digitalized. Very transparent and easy to grasp. And quite a few people get positive encouragement from this. But the fact remains that it's nothing more than an infusion of the hypnotic into a system of thought that suits their goal, a conglomeration of only those theories and statistics that line up with their ultimate objectives. — Haruki Murakami

Every great soul nurtures strong positive mental power. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Interact with others as if you are radiating happiness and healing from within. — Franklin Gillette

Your strength is greater than your struggles. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible. — Rodolfo Costa

Everything starts from home. If the father isn't there, then the friends are going to step up to influence the young boy astray. This is where the problems come in, because in my community the majority of the children do not have any fathers in the home. I can only speak for my community. This is why with the young guys who do hang around me, I always do my best to encourage them. I have already lived the negative side on the streets, so I prefer to encourage them on the positive side - to encourage them to get a job, save their money and to do something for their families.Franco 'Co' Bethel, former gang leader and right hand man to Scrooge. — Drexel Deal

Live daringly with great courage. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When you have the grace speak, declare sacred-utterances. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Great stories give us the hope and the courage to survive life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Do not waste your life over working. — Lailah Gifty Akita