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
We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily. — Celeste Holm
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
Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way. — Diana Ross
Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it. — Jill Briscoe
How do you know if someone needs encouragement? If they are breathing! — S. Truett Cathy
Nine tenths of education is encouragement. — Anatole France
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it. — John C. Maxwell
Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive. — Zig Ziglar
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 an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already. — Dave Willis
Always try to give back that sense of belief and positivity. — Martyn Ford
Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring. — Ralph Marston
How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing. — S. Truett Cathy
Short Life Encouragement Quotes
Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement. — Dale Carnegie
A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water. — Rudolf Dreikurs
Optimism is the true moral courage — Ernest Shackleton
Optimism is the foundation of courage. — Nicholas Murray Butler
Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life. — Theodore Roosevelt
Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. — Lady Bird Johnson
Life is to be entered upon with courage. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Top 10 Life Encouragement 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
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. — Earl Nightingale
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined... — Henry David Thoreau
I don't do great things. I do small things with great love. — Mother Teresa
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
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
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. — Bob Marley
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
Life Encouragement Image Quotes
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise — Oscar Wilde
Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny. — C. S. Lewis
No matter your obstacles, live a happy life. — Sam Berns
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. — Farrah Gray
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. — Nora Ephron
Always desire to learn something useful — Sophocles
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. — Dean Smith
If you think you can't, you're right. — Carol Bartz
Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life. — Hafez
I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. — Susan Sontag
For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and, if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
Inspirational Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence.
The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
Life Quotes
Judge not, before you judge yourself.
Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment.
The Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too,
so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you. — Bob Marley
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. — Bill Watterson
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. — Omar Khayyam
Some days I wish I could go back in life. Not to change anything, but to feel a few things twice.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. — Les Brown
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. — Marie Curie
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. — Dalai Lama
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life. — Confucius
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. — George Washington Carver
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. — Mark Twain
What Is Inspirational Quotes
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
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. — Soren Kierkegaard
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
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. — Ella Fitzgerald
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. — Nora Roberts
Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.
You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra
you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. — Rosa Parks
A Mother's love is something that no one can explain, It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may For nothing can destroy it or take that love away — Helen Steiner Rice
The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do. This self-denial is the unique way to usher in God's kingdom and to realize the kingdom life. — Witness Lee
Daily Encouragement Quotes
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. — John D. Rockefeller
Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal. — Bruce Lee
If price spikes don't change eating habits, perhaps the combination of deforestation, pollution, climate change, starvation, heart disease and animal cruelty will gradually encourage the simple daily act of eating more plants and fewer animals. — Mark Bittman
The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.
There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and encouraging as a daily business the desecration of the country for which it stands. — Wendell Berry
We can be encouraged knowing that our daily actions and words are declaring Christ to the world. — David Jeremiah
We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics. — Joseph Lancaster
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip top if you must, but take the step.
If I am to be known for anything, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about their daily, extraordinary courage. And for wanting that courage to be recognized. — Romeo LeBlanc
I encourage people to have a daily spiritual practice; that's the best way to take care of yourself. If you have that daily practice, it means you're getting divine guidance, and you're not being guided by your ego or your personality. — Iyanla Vanzant
When people tell me they're trying to meditate, I always know they don't have a format yet that works. I encourage a real meditative format that you use daily, because meditation is incremental and it only works if done every day. — Deborah King
Those who serve God in vocational ministry must learn to trust Him for their daily needs before they can encourage others to do so. — Max Anders
Encouraging Life Quotes
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
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
Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.
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
Don't compare your life to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it's their time.
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
Words Of Encouragement Quotes
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
Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't. — Bill Hybels
Life is like a piano, the white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go through life's journey, remember that the black keys also makes music.
Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying. — Amelia Earhart
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
Failure are part of life. If you don't fail, you don't learn. If you don't learn you'll never change.
Behind the cloud the sun is still shining. — Abraham Lincoln
We were all born with wings. In times of doubt: spread them. — Kevin Myers
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
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
Love Encourage Quotes
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
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
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. — Kenji Miyazawa
The secret of getting ahead is getting started — Mark Twain
All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals. — Peter Singer
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
The Lord's appearing, His coming back, is a warning, an encouragement, and an incentive to us; we should love His appearing and look forward to it with earnest expectation and joy. — Witness Lee
Life Motivation Quotes
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. — Nido R Qubein
Happiness doesn't depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much. — William D. Hoard
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again. — Abraham Maslow
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities. — Charles Dickens
Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. — Alan Watts
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. — A. A. Milne
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying. — Tony Robbins
Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. — Banana Yoshimoto
Encouraging Words Quotes
On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop — Paulo Coelho
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. — Arthur C. Clarke
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
If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito. — Anita Roddick
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
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
It is our duty to give meaning to the life of future generations by sharing our knowledge and experience; by teaching an appreciation of work well done and a respect for nature, the source of all life; by encouraging the young to venture off the beaten path and avoid complacency by challenging their emotions. — Paul Bocuse
Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters. — M. Scott Peck
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
Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them. — Rhonda Byrne
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
A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn. — Helen Keller
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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