Quotes on Encouragement

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.

I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.

When you suffer and lose, that does not mean you are being disobedient to God. In fact, it might mean you're right in the center of His will. The path of obedience is often marked by times of suffering and loss.

There's absolutely no limit to what plain, ordinary, working people can accomplish if they're given the opportunity and encouragement to do their best.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition with ourselves leaves unimpaired our benevolence toward our fellow men.

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

We are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness... We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us

There's a huge difference between achieving to be happy and happily achieving.

When you touch - don't take. Touch people only when you are giving something - reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world.

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

Sometimes I forget that the world is not on the same schedule as I. That everything is not dying, or that if it is dying it will return to life, what with a little sun and the usual encouragement.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.