Encouragement Quotes
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
"There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there."
"We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better."
"How would your life be different if…You walked away from gossip and verbal defamation? Let today be the day…You speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same."
"Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully."
"You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat."
"Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent."
"You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes"from God."
"It's just that in the Deep South, women learn at a young age that when the world is falling apart around you, it's time to take down the drapes and make a new dress."
"Instruction does much, but encouragement everything."(Letter to A.F. Oeser, Nov. 9, 1768)"
"She called it a slap, but I called it a high-five to my face. Love is so encouraging!"
"I think eulogies are wasted on the dead. It’s the living who need to hear kind words spoken about them."
"At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you."
"I’m a master of encouragement. Why should I do work myself when the price of getting others to do it for me is as cheap as cheering them on?"
"The greatest act of faith some days is to simply get up and face another day."
"Hard at work? I’ll give you a hand—my right hand. It’s a handshake, for networking and encouragement purposes. Keep it up!"
"Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world."
"Head up, heart open. To better days!"
"I am Clap Man. It’s a reverse super power, because instead of me doing the heavy lifting, I just applaud and encourage and others do all the work."
"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night."
"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal."
"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."
"Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. With verbal encouragement, we are trying to communicate, "I know. I care. I am with you. How can I help?"We are trying to show that we believe in him and in his abilities. We are giving credit and praise."
"Do not sit still; start moving now. In the beginning, you may not go in the direction you want, but as long as you are moving, you are creating alternatives and possibilities."
"Never put off writing until you are better at it."
"Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible."
"Temptation is not to be feared, but controlled."
"If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way."
"Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon...a place for lonesome hearts."
"If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future."
"With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die."
"Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell"
"The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others."
"Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret."
"Why wait? So precious is this life—this gift—this temporary blindness. Burn and drown and embrace the false dark, then grasp the unthinkable height of resulting joy. For in the end, in the light of truth when the flesh is cast off, there is nothing but this."
"But there was a special kind of gift that came with embracing the chaos, even if I cursed most of the way. I'm convinced that, when everything is wiped blank, it's life 's way of forcing you to become acquainted with and aware of who you are now, who you can become. What is the fulfillment of your soul?"
"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."
"Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations."
"Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places."
"You can do anything you want to do, if you want to do it bad enough."
"I live to inspire, not start the fire."
"Every goal first started as something in our mind. You have it all within you!"
"Here is little habit that can make a big difference. Send sunbeams. Intentionally send a word of encouragement or appreciation every day to one person."
"Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow."
"Destroy what you have become and become what you did destroy/"
"Morning dew upon the grass,glistening in the sun.Yesterday’s gone,tomorrow may come,but this day has begun."
"Be an encourager not a pacifier."
"Success is not an activity but a process."
"Watching TV at my own time. Its beneficiary, but watching TV at its own time . Its time wasting."
"Biggest mistake that people make is. That they forget that there is always next time. For any event, any situation and any circumstances."
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