Quotes About Encouragement

Phyllis Tickle, Marcus Borg, Brian McLaren, Barbara Brown Taylor, Jim Wallis, and Lauren Winner for their encouragement, support, and friendship. Anne Howard, Joseph Stewart-Sicking, Linnae Himsl Peterson, Kathy Staudt, Jonathan Wilson, and Howard Anderson are good friends who offered insights along the way.

But more importantly, they show interest in the writer—they express confidence in the writer's talents and show faith in his or her ability to succeed. They understand what the writer is attempting. They catch the vision and then do all they can.

Compliments linger.

That'll do, Pig. That'll do. -Farmer Hogget

That'll do, pig, that'll do.

I've often found it a great help to think in the evening of all those who I know are praying for me, children as well as grown-ups. I think I owe it to the prayers of others, both known and unknown, that I have often been kept in safety.

But God has put this Word into the mouth of men in order that it may be communicated to other men. When one person is struck by the Word, he speaks it to others. God has willed that we should seek him and find his living Word in the witness of a brother, in the mouth of a man. Therefore, a Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's Word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by

The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer

How shall we ever help a Christian brother and set him straight in his difficulty and doubt, if not with God's own Word? All our own words quickly fail.

Has God called you to speak out for peace in a tense situation? Are there lives on the line God is calling you to stand up for, to declare peace to, and to encourage toward a non-violent solution? If so, do it. You never know what might happen. Maybe the Lord is likewise sending you to save many lives from destruction.

My friends and family, especially my mom and dad, are always saying I should smile more.

I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws… this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it?

Do not doubt the goodness in you. It is inappropriate.

Mainly he appears in people's reveries and dreams for the purpose of inspiration and comfort.

His career is irrelevant. He can change if he chooses. We'll support him in whatever he chooses. He wraps himself too much in the emotion of his circumstances to see what is plainly before his face.

I mean, what happened to developing the individual, to encouraging subversion and independence? I thought that's what this place was all about. Instead, it's, you know, just the old bourgeois concept of togetherness–i.e., conformity–under the guise of PC liberalism. It's fucking oppressive, man. It's downright totalitarian.

Satan is a liar. He wants to steal our joy and replace it with hopelessness. When we're up against a struggle and we think we can't keep going, we can change that by praising God. Our chains will fall from us. Meese encouraged me by reminding me of the

Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom under encouragement.

There are enough critical voices in this world; you don't have to be one of them.

Every now and then I meet someone certain of personal greatness. I want to pat this person on the shoulder and mutter comforting words: "Things will get better! You won't always feel so depressed! Cheer up!

Always let your inner light shine. By doing so, you not only light a path for yourself, but also light a way for others.

Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it.

If no one else has ever told you this before, I will tell it to you one more time and hope you believe it and never forget it for the rest of your life: You deserve to be treated well.

Choose people who lift you up.