Quotes About Encouragement

There is no better exercise for strengthening the heart than reaching down and lifting up another.

You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

No matter how old a mother is, she still watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

What you praise you increase.

What men and women need is encouragement. ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits.

To hear how special and wonderful we are is endlessly enthralling.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you. He makes you get more out of yourself. And once you learn how good you really are, you never settle for playing anything less than your very best.

Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

To spur a willing horse.

In uplifting, get underneath.

As it is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear, the example of one we see abundantly rewarded cheers and encourages us far more than the sight of many who have not been well treated disquiets us.

Behind every tennis player there is another tennis player.

I think that there are these moments of a crisis that give us the courage and encouragement to try something that actually may be better than how we were doing it before.

Provider of moonbeams when I wanted full illumination.

TRIED SO HARD TO KEEP THEM FROM FAILING THAT I FAILED TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEEDED TO SUCCEED

I used to wonder which would be harder: having no one to believe in you or someone who believes in you so much that their love could burn you to the ground. Someone who knows you can give more than you think you can. Not just love. Ferocity.

The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.

Leaders must draw the best out of people, and friendship does that far better than prolonged argument or mere logic.

You need someone who you can count on to give you this support during your own down times. You need someone who you always know will be there for you to provide you with the encouragement and affirmation you need during the time you are suffering and to celebrate with you when you triumph.