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Quotes About Encouraging

I'm not good at finding 'encouraging' features in American culture. I doubt that aesthetic literacy has much of a future here.
~ Philip Roth
In general it's good to give children as wide a choice as possible, and there is no harm in encouraging children to play with 'typical' toys for the opposite sex. But whether they should be trying to change children is a more ethical decision; I think we should be supporting a child's interests, whatever they are.
~ Simon Baron-Cohen
My books - I kid you not - are very often shelved between DeLillo and de Sade. Which not only completely cracks me up, but it seems like an encouraging message from the universe: between those two, there's a lot of wiggle room. I feel just fine there.
~ Stacey D'Erasmo
Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls.
~ James L. Buckley
A good woman of this type is a kind of trampoline. People bounce on her and fly. And if they fall they bounce on her again and rise again. She doesn't seek flight for herself but she spreads herself wide and people use her to climb as high as they can go.
~ Salman Rushdie
I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of the great players and your own.
~ Mikhail Botvinnik
Some work is about lying down for others, I suppose," he says, and she realizes he is leaping up the last flight of stairs to a wide black glass landing and another set of bronze doors. "And some work is about lifting people up.
~ Joe Hill
We should be encouraging them, lifting them when they've fallen, celebrating when they succeed, praying when they're struggling, urging them forward. That's what it means to be a people builder.
~ Joel Osteen
Modesty: The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are.
~ Anonymous
We have an opportunity to create a future where we are actually encouraging providers to keep people away from acute care, whenever possible.
~ Kathleen Sebelius
Illiquid asset purchases are all about capital and encouraging private capital to come in.
~ Henry Paulson
My parents were very open about what kind of talent I had. They never pushed me to become an accountant because they knew that would be just absolutely ridiculous. So they were encouraging in what I am able to do with some success.
~ Grace Slick
I am a father who never pushes or forces his children into anything.
~ Pankaj Kapur
What an encouraging thought that Jesus - our beloved Husband - can find comfort in our lowly feeble gifts! Can this be, for it seems far too good to be true? May we then be willing to endure trials or even death itself if through these hardships we are assisted in bringing gladness to Immanuel's heart.
~ Charles Spurgeon
I'm confident, a winner, a joker and someone who will help anyone.
~ Ivan Toney
Creating a safe space at our shows isn't encouraging anything. It's just saying thank you.
~ Ben Hopkins
Our fans are just so amazing and supportive! We're really thankful.
~ Perrie Edwards
My parents were really encouraging of me doing theater, but the one thing they did do was say, 'You're not allowed to do film or television in high school.'
~ Beanie Feldstein
In American politics, there's a recurring fantasy, nurtured by the press, about 'courageous' politicians who do the right thing against their political interest. But really, isn't it even more encouraging when the right thing has just become good politics?
~ Ari Melber
Theater has always been much more fun. You get a laugh, and it's really encouraging.
~ Hugh Grant
A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.
~ John C. Maxwell
My parents took a fairly liberal approach at raising me, always encouraging me to be creative and free-thinking.
~ GRiZ
I find it a very encouraging sign for a society if employers are bringing online education to their companies, helping employees gain more knowledge.
~ Andrew Ng
I'd like to be a giant enabler.
~ Daryl Hannah