Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future. — Florence Littauer
Encouragement is like oxygen to the human spirit. Don't forget you're carrying someone else's air. Encourage them; help them breathe. — Jeremy Riddle
Every time you try to encourage someone else, your own soul will be flooded with a light and glow of peace and good cheer. — Susa Young Gates
Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it. — Jill Briscoe
Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. — Lady Bird Johnson
Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement. — George Burton Adams
Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive. — Zig Ziglar
How do you know if someone needs encouragement? If they are breathing! — S. Truett Cathy
Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already. — Dave Willis
Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring. — Ralph Marston
Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough. — Richard DeVos
Short Encouraging Uplifting Quotes
Nine tenths of education is encouragement. — Anatole France
Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement. — Dale Carnegie
To uplift others when you least feel like it is to join the ranks of the heroic. — Robin S. Sharma
How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing. — S. Truett Cathy
We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily. — Celeste Holm
A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water. — Rudolf Dreikurs
Cheer up every person you interact with (including yourself). — Sark
Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed. — Whitney M. Young
Always try to give back that sense of belief and positivity. — Martyn Ford
A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul. — Therese of Lisieux
Encouraging Uplifting Image Quotes
Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them — Rita Levi-Montalcini
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Positive Uplifting Quotes
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. — Abraham Lincoln
A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you. — Joyce Meyer
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake. — Francis Bacon
Keep people in your life that truly love you, motivate you, encourage you, inspire you, enhance you and make you happy. If you have people who do none of the above, let them go.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. — John D. Rockefeller
Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it? — Max Lucado
Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.
Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future. — Alice Walker
I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments. — Roger Federer
Make a conscious effort to surround yourself with positive, nourishing, and uplifting people -- people who believe in you, encourage you to go after your dreams, and applaud your victories. — Jack Canfield
Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them. — Sakyong Mipham
Love Encourage Quotes
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. — Earl Nightingale
I don't do great things. I do small things with great love. — Mother Teresa
You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman. — Max Lucado
Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. — Bob Marley
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. — Roald Dahl
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. — C. S. Lewis
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It's not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It's up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside. — Joel Osteen
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. — William Arthur Ward
If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away. — Adrian Rogers
Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons. — Byron Katie
Encouraging Words Quotes
Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive — Ratan Tata
Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies. — Paulo Coelho
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end. — John Lennon
Encouragement is the fuel by which hope runs.
On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop — Paulo Coelho
Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't. — Bill Hybels
Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying. — Amelia Earhart
The greatest discovery of all is that a man can change his future by merely changing his mind and his attitude.
In life's journey, you will meet all sorts of characters. Always remember, never shed a tear for the heartless, corrupt or insensitive. — Krystal
The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part. — Tom Petty
Behind the cloud the sun is still shining. — Abraham Lincoln
We were all born with wings. In times of doubt: spread them. — Kevin Myers
Words Of Encouragement Quotes
You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes. — Eckhart Tolle
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. — Arthur C. Clarke
Be An Encourager. The World Has Plenty Of Critics Already.
In perplexities-when we cannot tell what to do, when we cannot understand what is going on around us, let us be calmed and steadied and made patient by the thought that what is hidden from us is not hidden from Him — Frances Ridley Havergal
Every storm runs out of rain, just like every dark night turns into day. — Gary Allan
Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff. — Judi Dench
Encourage the heart, empower the person.
Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible. — Hugh B. Brown
The area where we struggle the most is often the area of our greatest effectiveness — Mandisa
Sometimes the most evolved souls take the most challenging paths — Brian Weiss
There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success. — George Matthew Adams
Life Encouragement Quotes
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined... — Henry David Thoreau
There are moments in life where it gets so hectic that time becomes a blur. Keep calm and never give up. — John Cena
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. — Henry David Thoreau
Courage will open the doors that fear has slammed shut.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky. — Rabindranath Tagore
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. — Norman Vincent Peale
May today build your faith in the promise of a better tomorrow.
Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot. — Ziad K. Abdelnour
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. — Sivananda
Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped. — Charles Stanley
Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Encouraging Life Quotes
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
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. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. — Zig Ziglar
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. — J. R. R. Tolkien
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. — Abraham Lincoln
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise — Oscar Wilde
There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. — Leo Buscaglia
Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny. — C. S. Lewis
A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn. — Helen Keller
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. — Kenji Miyazawa
Be Encouraged Quotes
I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up. — Jack Welch
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. — Elie Wiesel
I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done. — Ratan Tata
Your dreams are always going to be the most important to you than they will be to anybody else. So keep dreaming, keep believing, keep pressing forward. So all those warriors out there – be encouraged — Kai Greene
Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming. — Joyce Meyer
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. — Saint Peter
Each and every one of us has the capacity to be an oppressor. I want to encourage each and everyone of us to interrogate how we might be an oppressor and how we might be able to become liberators for ourselves and for each other. — Laverne Cox
I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged. — Antonin Scalia
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. — Napoleon Hill
Positive Inspirational Quotes
The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. — Steve Jobs
If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you. — Paramahansa Yogananda
It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light. — Swami Vivekananda
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. — Mother Teresa
When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. — Dalai Lama
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. — John Lennon
Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for. — Immanuel Kant
Encouraging Others Quotes
Goals aren't enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn't much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous. — Ben Feldman
When the world asks if there is any hope, we can say absolutely! No one is exempt from tragedy or disappointment- God himself was not exempt. Jesus offered no immunity, no way out of the unfairness, but rather a way through it to the other side. — Philip Yancey
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
A wife and a husband should be regarded as friends for the sake of Allaah. And that friendship is above material needs; each encouraging the other one to do good deeds, which are pleasing to Allaah. — Bilal Philips
Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them. — Therese of Lisieux
Great leaders encourage and enable others to become great. — Susan McCann
We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics. — Joyce Meyer
Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are. — Jim Rohn
The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights -- the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others. — Walter Bagehot
The example could encourage others who only fear to start. — Jose Rizal
Feeling Encouraged Quotes
I am not moved by what I see. I am moved only by what I believe. — Smith Wigglesworth
Write your Sad times in Sand,
Write your Good times in Stone. — George Bernard Shaw
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. — M. Scott Peck
Don't ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter. — Michael Oher
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. — Helen Keller
No matter your obstacles, live a happy life. — Sam Berns
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. — Doug Coupland
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. — Douglas Coupland
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself. — Bertolt Brecht
It's good to be challenged, to keep moving forward, and keep being inspired and scared. I feel like, if you're not afraid of something, you shouldn't do it. If you're just coasting through things, what's the point? You're not learning. — Nina Dobrev
In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive. — Whoopi Goldberg
Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows? — Joel Osteen
Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come. — John Spence
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. — Theodore Roosevelt
Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly. — Louis Mann
Chase your passions and surround yourself with people who inspire and uplift you. — Edward Barber
Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others. — Matshona Dhliwayo
We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of. — John H. Groberg
One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon. — Diane Sawyer
It’s ok to not be ok, but it’s not ok to stay that way. — Perry Noble
If someone analyzed your words today, what percentage would be tender, encouraging, uplifting, faith-building, and joyful? Would it match Christ's proportions? — David Jeremiah
The universe will always remove what is no longer serving you. — Gabrielle Bernstein
Your destiny is not cancelled because of a mistake, because of a failure. Get back up and go again. — Joel Osteen
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. — Helen Keller
Listen carefully to the words and tone of voice you use with your spouse. Are you complaining all the time and telling her what she's not doing right? Or are you doing like Solomon-blessing, encouraging, and uplifting that woman? — Joel Osteen
The best form of service is to uplift someone's state of mind. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When one door closes another door opens. Usually a refrigerator. — Bonnie McFarlane
Action will
delineate and
define you. — Thomas Jefferson
Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat. — Joel Osteen
This mortal life is our playing field. Our goal is to learn to love God and to extend that same love toward our fellowman. We are here to build, uplift, treat fairly, and encourage all of Heavenly Father’s children. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Nothing worthwhile is easy. — Daniel Taylor
Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It's transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It's uplifting, it's encouraging, it's strengthening. — Aretha Franklin
I have a great female support system. We encourage each other because we all face some of the same difficulties. We all experience mommy guilt. It's always great to have an uplifting support system. — Kelly Rowland
I think it's important for people to just stay encouraged, and stay uplifted. — Tracy Martin
Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives. — Joni Eareckson Tada
I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home. — Oprah Winfrey
How we speak to our children and the words we use can encourage and uplift them and strengthen their faith. — Rosemary M. Wixom
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great. — Steve Prefontaine
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