Encouragement famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
-- A. E. van Vogt -
God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
-- Abdul Kalam -
Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
-- Abraham Cowley -
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
-- Abraham Joshua Heschel -
I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more than just get rid of one bad habit
-- Abraham Maslow -
Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
-- Adora Svitak -
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.
-- Adora Svitak -
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
-- Aesop -
The greatest encouragement throughout the Bible is God's love for His lost race and the willingness of Christ, the eternal Son, to show forth that love in God's plan of redemption. The love of Jesus is so inclusive that it knows no boundaries. At the point where we stop caring and loving, Jesus is still there loving and caring
-- Aiden Wilson Tozer -
Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
-- Alan Alda -
All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.
-- Albert Camus -
There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.
-- Albert Ellis -
There are some who maintain that trade will regulate itself, and it is not to be benefited by the encouragements or restraints of government. Such persons will imagine that there is no need of a common directing power. This is one of those wild speculative paradoxes, which have grown into credit among us, contrary to the uniform practice and sense of the most enlightened nations.
-- Alexander Hamilton -
Today just might be the best day to start seriously thinking about quitting smoking...
-- Alexander Woollcott -
But there was another, secret Ruby. This one was as thin as a wisp of air, and had struggled for so long just to be. This was the one that Liam carried with him, without knowing. The one that would ride in his back pocket, whisper words of encouragement, tell him he was born to chase the light.
-- Alexandra Bracken -
May the spirit of Christ so fill us afresh that we might in turn be a refreshment and an encouragement to one another.
-- Alistair Begg -
The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace.
-- Allen Tate -
No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.
-- Amy Tan -
Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every morning without the least encouragement, but no cook can cook just for his or her own sake in a like manner. All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.
-- Andre Simon -
There is little success where there is little laughter.
-- Andrew Carnegie -
A life filled with opportunities and encouragement finds more and more opportunities and encouragement, and success becomes inevitable.
-- Andy Andrews -
Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but its good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.
-- Andy Gibb -
Criticism is okay, encouragement is better!
-- Angelo Dundee -
Quite a few people have commented during the campaign that more help is required for small businesses. SMEs need support and encouragement in their early stages, and in Cambridge the links to the University and the huge pool of expertise here helps that.
-- Anne Campbell -
Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission.
-- Anne M. Mulcahy -
I think the greatest thing we give each other is encouragement...knowing that I'm talking to someone in this mentoring relationship who's interested in the big idea here is very, very important to me. I think if it were just about helping me get to the next step, it would be a heck of a lot less interesting.
-- Anne Sweeney -
Let's forget about the mythical Jesus and look for encouragement, solace and inspiration from real women... Two thousand years of patriarchal rule under the shadow of the cross ought to be enough to turn women toward the feminist 'salvation' of this world
-- Annie Laurie Gaylor -
When a population feels alienated from the legal system under which it lives, because that system fails to protect it from real dangers while lending succor and encouragement to every possible kind of wrongdoing, the population may well lose faith in the very idea of law. That is how civilization unravels.
-- Anthony Daniels -
That, we encourage, and I think we're doing a pretty good job with the website and also the DVD, like the first season came out and the second season's being prepared now.
-- Anthony Michael Hall -
My own duty as a teacher...is not so much to interpret Beethoven, Wagner, or other masters of the past, but to give what encouragement I can to the young musicians of America. I...hope that just as this nation has already surpassed so many others in marvelous inventions and feats of engineering and commerce, and has made an honorable place for itself in literature in one short century, so it must assert itself on the...art of music...To bring about this result, we must trust the very youthful enthusiasm and patriotism of this country.
-- Antonin Dvorak -
I knew that I wanted to pursue acting as a profession during my sophomore year of college. One of my Professors (Karen Deacons-Brock) at N.C Central University assigned me to perform a one woman show for my final project and it was then, along with her encouragement, that it was time for me to move to NY in pursuit of a professional acting career.
-- April Parker Jones -
What you really have to do, if you want to be creative, is to unlearn all the teasing and censoring that you've experienced throughout your life. If you are truly a creative person, you know that feeling insecure and lonely is par for the course. You can't have it both ways: You can't be creative and conform, too. You have to recognize that what makes you different also makes you creative.
-- Arno Allan Penzias -
Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.
-- Arthur Frederick Saunders -
My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement.
-- Ashley Jensen -
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
-- Audre Lorde -
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
-- Audrey Hepburn -
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
-- Barack Obama -
Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
-- Barbara Johnson -
I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.
-- Barbara Johnson -
I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.
-- Barbara Pym -
Goals aren't enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn't much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.
-- Ben Feldman -
The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of the universe loves you, sent His Son to die for your sins; that's very empowering. Knowing Him and knowing that He loves me gives me encouragement and confidence to move forward.
-- Benjamin Carson -
Prospecting - Find the man with the problem.
-- Benjamin M. Friedman -
Pessimism like calumny is easy to do, and attracts immediate attention. The gossiper and the writer may find this out soon enough, and a little encouragement from the current mood will procure them successes that bring endless imitators in their trail. On the other hand saying good things about life in general and individuals in particular and making it interesting is a serious task which few can achieve with credit.
-- Bernard Berenson -
What is best in mathematics deserves not merely to be learnt as a task, but to assimilated as a part of daily thought, and brought again and again before the mind with ever-renewed encouragement.
-- Bertrand Russell -
The media can be challenging, but at the same time, without the media, I would not have been able to share my personal story. Often the media can bring beauty and encouragement to people's lives.
-- Bethany Hamilton -
My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.
-- Bethany Hamilton -
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
-- Bill Bradley -
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.
-- Bill Kreutzmann -
My mom is such a big supporter of mine. She still is, and always was. So I got the sort of encouragement from that side of the family.
-- Billy Bob Thornton -
All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.
-- Billy Graham -
We hurt people by being too busy. Too busy to notice their needs. Too busy to drop that note of comfort or encouragement or assurance of love. Too busy to listen when someone needs to talk. Too busy to care.
-- Billy Graham -
I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
-- Booker T. Washington -
The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
-- Brennan Manning -
Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I have felt God's reality in the simple encouragement of a friend, in the gentle inspiration of a sermon, or in the familiar ritual of the Eucharist and I'd be less than honest if I didn't also say that at times, I've found myself in the spiritual doldrums, cast adrift, wondering if the wind would ever blow again.
-- Brian D. McLaren -
The most powerful predictable people builders are praise and encouragement.
-- Brian Tracy -
Think, walk, talk and act like a nonsmoker and you will soon be one
-- Brian Tracy -
Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.
-- Bruce Lee -
Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.
-- Byron Katie -
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
-- C. S. Lewis -
I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.
-- Caitlin Moran -
Embracing your new kind of normal is the most empowering choice you will ever make. It transcends common sense. It is resistant to old patterns. It is sticky, uncomfortable, agitating, and difficult. But it is liberating and life giving and spirit enriching. It changes your life and the lives of everyone who joins you on your journey. And then, quite unexpectedly, you realize you are splashing hope into the lives of others because you have an intimate love relationship with the Source of hope.
-- Carol Kent -
We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily.
-- Celeste Holm -
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
-- Charles Caleb Colton -
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
-- Charles R. Schwab -
Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man's or a woman's shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being's day, week, or life.
-- Charles R. Swindoll -
God does not dispense strength and encouragement like a druggist fills your prescription. The Lord doesn't promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us Himself. That is all. And that is enough.
-- Charles R. Swindoll -
Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.
-- Charles R. Swindoll -
You can choose to be a drag and a burden, or an inspiration and encouragement.
-- Charles R. Swindoll -
If you want to be a person with a large vision, you must cultivate the habit of doing the little things well.
-- Charles R. Swindoll -
The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
-- Charles R. Swindoll -
Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.
-- Charles Rangel -
I only do private room karaoke where its just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom always said I could really belt songs out, and the Dixie Chicks feed that encouragement.
-- Chelsea Peretti -
I can trust my friends These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow.
-- Cher -
It's amazing what eliminating energy drains can do to our mood. Remember how good you felt when you finally went through your closet and cleaned out the old clothes that you were sure you'd wear again someday?
-- Cheryl Richardson -
Thank you to everybody who voted for me, and to the British public for their encouragement over the last 17 years
-- Christopher Eccleston -
The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
-- Christopher Lasch -
Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.
-- Constance Baker Motley -
What happened to society? I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. I've been on food stamps and welfare, did anybody help me out? No. No. They gave me hope, they gave me encouragement, and they gave me a vision.
-- Craig T. Nelson -
The broader problem is that a great deal of popular preaching and teaching uses the bible as a pegboard on which to hang a fair bit of Christianized pop psychology or moralizing encouragement, with very little effort to teach the faithful, from the Bible, the massive doctrines of historic confessional Christianity.
-- D. A. Carson -
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
-- Dale Carnegie -
Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.
-- Dale Carnegie -
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
-- Dale Carnegie -
My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
-- Damian Marley -
Our focus must always be on building people up.
-- Dan Davis -
I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that ***** is probably a dangerous drug, and I would not suggest that we do anything to encourage its use.
-- Dana Rohrabacher -
Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill -
Richard [Griffiths] was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career. In August 2000, before official production had even begun on Potter, we filmed a shot outside the Dursleys', which was my first ever shot as Harry. I was nervous and he made me feel at ease. Seven years later, we embarked on 'Equus' together. It was my first time doing a play but, terrified as I was, his encouragement, tutelage and humor made it a joy. In fact, any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence.
-- Daniel Radcliffe -
Mum, who had been a dancer with a small ballet company before she got married, was full of encouragement. She didn't say, "This is really good, you should do this", She just encouraged us to do whatever we liked.
-- Dannii Minogue -
It is imperative that we do not fear challenges that we have attracted to promote our growth. Every obstacle we encounter is an opportunity for spiritual evolution.
-- Dannion Brinkley -
Horrible events in life serve as catalysts for major changes in our life perspective and as teaching tools for helping others.
-- Dannion Brinkley -
Life can be a fearful thing. Everyone needs someone drawing alongside, saying “You can do it. Don’t quit.†Everyone needs someone who believes in them. Everyone needs encouragement.
-- Dave Earley -
Trust, encouragement, reward, loyalty... satisfaction. That's what I'm... you know. Trust people and they'll be true to you. Treat them greatly, and they will show themselves to be great.
-- David -
If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.
-- David Allen -
I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.
-- David Amram -
The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle.
-- David Baldacci -
Most people are not really conceited, but feel a certain amount of inferiority and tend to get a little discouraged with themselves, therefore encouragement is a very important thing! I do it all the time! I praise everybody for everything they do that I see is good.
-- David Berg -
The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.
-- David E. Kelley
