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Quotes About Encouragement

In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.
~ Jessica Savitch
When I was little, I thought about becoming a lawyer like my parents, and my mother would always tell me, "You can do anything you want - except be a lawyer."
~ Alexandra Daddario
When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you.She made me believe that I could make someone laugh.
~ Gene Wilder
Moms are as relenless as the tides. They don't just drive as to practice, they drive us to greatness
~ Steve Rushin
Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to her bedside and whispered, 'Be somebody, Abe'.
~ Wilferd Peterson
A good education is the next best thing to a pushy mother.
~ Charles M. Schulz
My mom is my hero. [She] inspired me to dream when I was a kid, so anytime anyone inspires you to dream, that's gotta be your hero.
~ Tim McGraw
I've always known, all my life, that I was going to be something special. I never knew what it was, but I always had that feeling. I think my mother installed it when I was a little guy.
~ Tommy Chong
I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didnt dissuade me.
~ Carmen Ejogo
Who can ever measure the benefit of a mother's inspiration?
~ Charles R. Swindoll
I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.
~ Joyce Maynard
Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while.
~ Meg Cabot
My mother was always supportive.
~ Adam Lambert
My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.
~ Jim Carrey
Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family.
~ Stephen Covey
I would never have gone anywhere if it hadn't been for Mother's faith and support.
~ Patsy Cline
My mother always told me before shows to stand up and show them whose little boy you are.
~ Steve Kazee
REDEF is dedicated to my mother, who nurtured and encouraged my interest in everything and slightly regrets the day she taught me to always ask 'why?'
~ Jason Hirschhorn
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.
~ Jack Black
I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in.
~ Melanie Lynskey
[My mother] made the money to send me.
~ Johnny Cash
My father has been the real anchor of the family. Hes the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.
~ Yvette Clarke
I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind was stimulated, my creativity encouraged.
~ Mark Mathabane
I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet.
~ Philip Levine