Quotes About Encouragement

We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of God.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

Our common realm is not and cannot be stripped of values - I absolutely reject the idea that religion should somehow be tolerated but not encouraged in public life.

Reminders are often all they need.

But I have seen the best of you and the worst of you, and I choose both. I want to share every single one of your sunshines and save them for later. I will tuck them into my pockets so I can give them back to you when the rain falls hard. Friend, I want to be the mirror that reminds you to love yourself. I want to be the air in your lungs that reminds you to breath. When the walls come down, when the thunder rumbles, when nobody else is home, hold my hand, and I promise I won't let go.

I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery.

The weight of darkness pressing in on us from all sides was easier to bear with his voice to listen to.

I don't want to be the dark cloud in anyone's day. It's better to be the sunshine than the rain.

Be the sunshine, Eva, not the rain. She never, ever, wanted to be the black cloud in anyone's day.

En el colegio llevaba siempre un libro consigo. Cuando las cosas se ponían difíciles, el peso de la mochila la consolaba. Le ayudaba saber que el libro estaba allí, esperándola. En varios momentos del día, sentía los bordes dándole en el muslo, recordándole su existencia. Era como tener un amigo cerca diciéndole: «Sigo aquí y podemos pasar tiempo juntos más tarde».

How cool is that? To be the one bright spot in someone's day?

Winning is not always about shining the brightest. Sometimes it's about sharing the light with someone who has been waiting in the shadows all along.

The more anxious we are, the more high-functioning we will make ourselves appear, which just encourages the world to lean on us more.

Whenever you stumble or fall, I am there to help you up.

in every way. The Lord be with all of you. —2 THESSALONIANS 3:16

I will increase your strength and your courage when you look to Me. Refuse to grow discouraged.

No te canses ni pierdas el ánimo.

Your hope and your future are rooted in heaven, where eternal ecstasy awaits you. Nothing can rob you of your inheritance of unimaginable riches and well-being. Sometimes I grant you glimpses of your glorious future, to encourage you and spur you on. But your main focus should be staying close to Me. I set the pace in keeping with your needs and My purposes.

Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." —MATTHEW 14:27

JEREMIAH 31:25

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. —PROVERBS 17:22

WHEN YOU BEGIN THE DAY with a muddled mind, you tend to ask yourself the wrong question—whether you will be able to cope with whatever happens—but the true question is whether you and I together can handle the circumstances you face. Broaden your perspective so you can "see" Me there alongside you—strengthening, guiding, and encouraging you. While you meditate on this joyous focus, the qualms you had about the day will gradually give way to cheerful confidence.

hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. —ROMANS 15:13

My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. —COLOSSIANS 2:2–3