Encouragement Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old encouragement quotes, encouragement sayings, and encouragement proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
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Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken.
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Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.
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I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
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Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
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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.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.
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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
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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
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
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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.
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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.
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You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
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When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
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Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.
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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
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It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up again.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
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When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
