Quotes About Encouragement

as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.

When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

Andy, I just gave my students a two-week assignment and they came back and did stuff that, had I given them an entire semester to complete it, I would have given them all A's. What do I do?" Andy thought for a minute and said: "OK. Here's what you do. Go back into class tomorrow, look them in the eyes and say, 'Guys, that was pretty good, but I know you can do better.

What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate...

God comforts us to make us comforters, not to make us comfortable.

How does a husband do that? Not by browbeating his wife—God doesn't treat us that way—but by encouraging her:

Be the light at the end of the tunnel. Be the reason for the end of someone else's struggle.

Friends are supposed to minimize your shortcomings and maximize your attributes.

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, 'No, you're going to stay with it.' Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard.

I feel like my calling is to show people joy: to make them feel like there's something to look forward to.

If I can add a bit of a calming influence on the guys, then I'll certainly try to.

The camaraderie between the athletes is a joy to behold sometimes, because they all help each other along.

I wanted to be an astronaut and wanted to go to space camp, but then I found out that I was too short to become an astronaut. My mom really made me believe that if I worked hard enough and if I really wanted to do it, I could do it.

As a woman candidate myself, I know how important it was to be encouraged to run, to think outside of the box.

If it's of help to my candidates, I would like to go anywhere to give my candidates a boost.

I didn't know how capable I was until the people around me in acting school would say I was good.

Knowing there is a capable back-up willing to give it a try always makes you feel better.

I like dealing with people. I like being around people, and that side of me can try to get the best out of others, really. As a player and as a captain, I felt I did that.

My dad does watch my work now. My parents watch everything I'm on. I think the first time they saw something was 'Captain America,' and he called me, and he was so elated.

A captain sees you differently from the way you see yourself. You need a captain who can push you.

It is when your team is losing that the captain has to keep the players together. He has to fight for them.

I do think that whatever ambition I may have had natively was amplified by my father's clear valuing of it. I knew that was what my dad really cared about.

It's good to know that your coach cares about you.

At the end of the day, if I'm playing for a manager who I know cares about me, then I'm going to give more.