Quotes About Encouragement

Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you.

Through our struggles and pain, we are being offered perseverance, the character of God. Hardships are intended to give us a spiritual makeover, "that we may share in his holiness" (Heb. 12:10). Therefore, when God encourages us to persevere, he is not stumbling for encouraging words. He is teaching us how to look like him.

On the roughest days of winter, when life seems overwhelmed by storm and cold, watch a chickadee, observe in good cheer and take heart.

Become a motivator of writing, not the butcher of it; similarly, become an editor, not the copy editor.

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By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments.

To become a leader you must have a positive mental attitude, which you can achieve with positive self-talk and looking at what is right with people instead of what is wrong with them.

I have noticed that not all HSPs feel discouraged by not being able to do everything their peers do. They have little envy. They appreciate their trait and know it gives them much that others lack. I think the discouragement, like the failure to buffer ourselves, comes from attitudes learned in early childhood.

While it is wise to accept what we cannot change about ourselves, it is also good to remember that we are never too old to replace discouragement with bits and pieces of confidence and hope.

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.

What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.

if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it—SOME.

Good leaders inspire people to have confidence in their leader. Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

In the very desire for help one is apt to forget that the objective should be to enable the individual to stand on his own feet.

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

I gave a nervous laugh, then said, "Thanks, but at a certain point school is over." "Not for you: you're my brilliant friend, you have to be the best of all, boys and girls.

Two more years: then I'll get my diploma and I'm done.' 'No, don't ever stop: I'll give you the money, you should keep studying.' I gave a nervous laugh, then said, 'Thanks, but at a certain point school is over.' 'Not for you: you're my brilliant friend, you have to be the best of all, boys and girls.' She got up, took off her underpants and bra, said, 'Come on, help me, otherwise I'll be late.

Tu sei la mia amica geniale, devi diventare la più brava di tutti, maschi e femmine.

You're my brilliant friend, you have to be the best of all, boys and girls.

Not for you," Lila replies ardently, "you're my brilliant friend, you have to be the best of all, boys and girls.

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

Remember, you have the best heart and mind, and whatever you do is right. Bye-bye, my sweet. Don't forget the food group.

How hard is it, when everything encourages us to sleep, though we may look about us with conscious, clinging eyes, to wake and yet look about us as in a dream, with eyes that no longer know their function and whose gaze is turned inward.

Wouldn't it be nice to say to people we meet, "I know something good about you," and then treat them that way? (author unknown)