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Quotes About Encouragement

What matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks up.
~ Kate DiCamillo
And perhaps what matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks us up.
~ Kate DiCamillo
As soon as Beverly said the words, Raymie knew that they were true. Louisiana's singing would win any contest. And Raymie wanted Louisiana to win. She wanted her to become Little Miss Central Florida Tire" (DiCamillo 212).
~ Kate DiCamillo
He is wrong; my talent is not a great one, but no talent is wholly wasted unless its owner chooses to hide it in a napkin. Remember that of your own gifts, Rebecca; they may not be praised of men, but they may cheer, console, inspire, perhaps, when and where you least expect. The brimming glass that overflows its own rim moistens the earth about it.
~ Kate Douglas Wiggin
But though he lacked the gift of intimacy, in many ways his supportive love still came through to me. He somehow conveyed his belief in me without ever articulating it, and that was the single most sustaining thing in my life.
~ Katharine Graham
those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.
~ Katherine Paterson
My dearest Friend, As I am urging our students to write a note to their mothers away from Shanghai, I think of you as a mother to so many of our Chinese girls. The greatness and depth of your love only God knows how to measure and reward you. Thinking of you has always been an inspiration to me. I love you. Lovingly yours, Tszo-Sing Chen
~ Katherine Paterson
To give children the words they need is to give them life, growth and refreshment
~ Katherine Paterson
Gracious, my girl. Are you going to mope about, or are you going to ease your uncle's and cousin's burdens?
~ Kathleen Ernst
Now and again she would break in with "Yes, yes, that's very interesting," "Of course you can," or "Had you thought of …?" Never, but never, was there an "I don't think that's very practical" or "Why don't you just wait and see how it goes?
~ Kay Redfield Jamison
Far more important, they took me and my interests very seriously. They never tried to discourage me from becoming a doctor, even though it was an era that breathed, If woman, be a nurse.
~ Kay Redfield Jamison
A veces es muy difícil, lo sé. Es como si todo tu mundo se derrumbara a tu alrededor. Pero te diré una cosa, Jenny. Estás llevando a cabo maravillosamente la tarea de ir poniendo de nuevo las piezas en su sitio. Créeme, es cierto. Sé que jamás podrá ser lo mismo, pero sé también que está en tu mano seguir en la brecha y llegar a forjarte un futuro feliz. Y yo siempre estaré aquí para ayudarte. Quiero que lo sepas
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
every time she fell he picked her up with no thank you required.
~ Keisha Ervin
If it gets too bad, go. I'll understand." I won't.
~ Kelley Armstrong
in some ways I relied on that- someone to keep me thinking, keep me striving to do better, keep me from burying my head and praying it all worked out.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Sam) We need to focus and having Maya moon over Rafe us making everyone uncomfortable. Rafe grinned. Doesn't bother me. Because your ego really needs the encouragement.
~ Kelley Armstrong
lo oyeron decir: «Hasta aquí vamos bien».
~ Ken Follett
consolation
~ Ken Follett
One of you guys, for cryin' out loud! This is where you get the edge, don't you see that? We have to do this—or we're whipped! Don't a one of you clucks know what I'm talking about enough to give us a hand? You, Gabriel? George? No? You, Chief, what about you?
~ Ken Kesey
I'm not a hater, I'm not one of those people. I do think it's dope when people get recognized for whatever it is that they do, so more power to everybody who got nominated.
~ Tory Lanez
You have the power to help people become winners.
~ Ken Blanchard
True power is the power to empower others.
~ Rhymefest
Honestly, I do believe in the power of women supporting each other.
~ Amanda de Cadenet
Each of us has the power and responsibility to become a rainbow in the clouds.
~ Maya Angelou