Encouraging Quotes

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for your life to begin and start making the most of the moment you are in.

No one knows what they can do until they try.

You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of this.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.

You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.

I would rather stay positive and get 50 percent good results, than stay negative and get 100 percent bad results!

I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

It's good to remember that success may be just beyond the next failure, and you'll get there, not because you're destined to, but because you're determined to.

And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.

Hope springs forever.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.

There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and encouraging as a daily business the desecration of the country for which it stands.

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely encouraging force to me when I was little.

It is possible in medicine, even when you intend to do good, to do harm instead. That is why science thrives on actively encouraging criticism rather than stifling it.

If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.

If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.

The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.

We don’t want to limit what God can do in our children by trying to parent them alone—Trust God to take care of them.

Allow yourself to be possessed by God by receiving Jesus, and you will never be possessed by anything else.

God wants to bless us in many ways that require faith. We must trust that He is answering our prayers even when we can’t see it.

Don’t be afraid when you have to pray fervently because of your circumstances. God is wanting to do something great through you!

Dare to risk public criticism.

God blesses his people with extravagant grace so they might extend his extravagant glory to all peoples on the earth

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions into his head.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.

In the last generation, with public Christianity in headlong retreat, we have caught our first, distant view of a de-Christianized world , and it is not encouraging.

Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.

The management system which makes only a pretense of valuing employee involvement and encouraging employee empowerment merely breeds cynicism.

Few lack talent, but most people lack the vision and perseverance to develop their talents.

I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging; it's just my personality.

But music is, at the very minimum, inflammatory, exclusionary, divisive, encouraging of snobbery and solipsism.

Conversation creates a new kind of network within organizations. Current networks are used for competitive advantage, but conversation is focused on encouraging people to realize their potential.

I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?

We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on.

To anyone who knows a writer, never underestimate the power of your encouragement.

I'm always friendly and encouraging on set. I want people to be at their best creatively.

We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance.

Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.

Influence follows close upon the heels of character; and whatever we are, that we shall in the end be acknowledged to be.

Never underestimate the power of an encouraging word.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness.

The U.S. and Israel probably lead the way in terms of venture investment in technologies companies focused on the security paradigm. That is quite encouraging.

I enjoy doing motivational talks with businesses and other organizations. I really enjoy being with people and encouraging them in the work they do.