Quotes on Encouraging

In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.

First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

When we adopt—and when we encourage a culture of adoption in our churches and communities—we’re picturing something that’s true about our God. We, like Jesus, see what our Father is doing and do likewise (John 5:19). And what our Father is doing, it turns out, is fighting for orphans, making them sons and daughters.

Jesus wept, but He never complained.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them.

Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination. Most people spend their lives in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colours. By experimenting with lighting, colours, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest technologies, I try to show new ways to encourage people to use their phantasy and make their surroundings more exciting.

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.