Quotes About Encouragement

He looked up from his stew. "Mma Ramotswe," he said, "you can do anything. Nothing is too hard for a person like you—nothing. You are very good at doing everything, Mma, and anything you do, Mma

A kind word, a word of encouragement or admiration, could shift the heaviest, most recalcitrant baggage.

It's important to be able to accept,' Brother Gregory said. He glanced at Bruce in an encouraging way. There was no hint of reproach in his voice; just warmth. 'Some of us find that hard – I know that – but graciousness in accepting the help of others

Mothers need to be ambitious for their children otherwise. . .well, nobody would ever learn the piano.

Indeed, it was so easy to make anybody happy. All that was required was a kind word or two—a kind word that cost nothing, and yet could have such a profound effect.

It is better to tell people good things, Mma—if you can.

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

Memorizing Scripture strengthens your faith because it repeatedly reinforces the truth, often just when you need to hear it again.

Why don't you knock it off with those negative waves...

Delete the negative accentuate the positive!

guide us in helping other people be the same.

A friend drops their plans when you're in trouble, shares joy in your accomplishments, feels sad when you're in pain. A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice--but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back to, and reasons to stay.' I just always loved

Wasn't it just like good old mom to remind me my efforts were ill conceived and unnecessary?

Olé! Ándale, ándale! Arriba, arriba!

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back to, and reasons to stay.

A mother is not a person to lean on but person to make leaning unnecessary.

Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you

If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know.

Your biggest, most important job as the hero husband of her life is to identify the baggage, help her unload it, and then fill it up with what God would want her to know—how precious and wonderful she truly is.

I was a loser in high school. . . . And I'm here to tell my fellow dweebs and losers that your day will come. High school is not the final word on you. There is hope.

I know a lot of things about you, Garth...And I'm rooting for you anyways.

Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.

Unbelief squashes; faith teaches. Faith takes a boy aside, and tells him that this part of what he did was good, while that other part of what he did got in the way. "And this is how to do it better next time.