Quotes about Encouragement

Politician, Author, Author

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

Encouragement - Family - Friendship - Happiness - Insight - Inspiration - Love - Motivation - Reality

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Victor Hugo

Poet, Novelist, Dramatist

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Encouragement - Perseverance - Secrets

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Henry David Thoreau

Essayist, Poet, Philosopher, Critic, Historian

We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance.

Encouragement

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher, Philologist, Cultural Critic, Scholar

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Encouragement - Humor - Wit

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John C. Maxwell

Scientist, Clergyman, Author

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.

Change - Encouragement - Leadership - Success

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Dale Carnegie

Writer, Lecturer

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

Encouragement - Enthusiasm - Entrepreneurship - Motivation

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Albert Einstein

Theoretical Physicist

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Challenge - Difficulty - Encouragement - Lie - Motivation - Optimism - Positive - Success

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J. R. R. Tolkien

Writer, Poet, Philologist

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Decision - Encouragement - Giving - Inspiration

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Dale Carnegie

Writer, Lecturer

Stop worrying and start living.

Anxiety - Encouragement - Life - Stop - Worrying

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Robert Frost

Poet

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Encouragement - Inspiration - Mornings - Motivation - Positive - Success

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Anais Nin

Writer

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.

Encouragement - Positive - Sky - Strength - Whole

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Dale Carnegie

Writer, Lecturer

Tell a child, a husband or an employee that he is stupid or dumb at a certain thing, that he has no gift for it, and that he is doing it all wrong and you have destroyed almost every incentive to try to improve. But use the opposite technique, be liberal with encouragement; make the thing seem easy to do, let the other person know that you have faith in his ability to do it, that he has an undeveloped flair for it - and he will practice until the dawn comes in at the window in order to excel.

Ability - Certainty - Children - Dawn - Destroying - Employment - Encouragement - Husband - Incentive - Order - Practice - Stupid - Trial

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Stephen King

Writer

There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good stories seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky.

Emptiness - Encouragement - Story

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Maya Angelou

Poet, Singer, Writer, Civil Rights Activist

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'

Encouragement - Inspiration - Optimism - Taking

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Former First Lady of the United States

What one has to do usually can be done.

Accomplishment - Encouragement - Politics

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Thomas A. Edison

Clergyman, Inventor, Inventor

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Business - Encouragement - Entrepreneurship - Funny - Life - Money - Motivation - Opportunity - People - Positive - Wealth - Wit - Work

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Albert Camus

Philosopher, Author, Journalist

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

Encouragement - Existence - Fall - Gardening - Inspiration

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Maya Angelou

Poet, Singer, Writer, Civil Rights Activist

Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.'

Ability - Encouragement - Fall - Meaning

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Thomas A. Edison

Clergyman, Inventor, Inventor

Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.

Accomplishment - Actions - Encouragement - Hustle - Sport - Waiting

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Dale Carnegie

Writer, Lecturer

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Development - Discouragement - Encouragement - Failing - Growing - Inspiration - Learning - Money - Perseverance - Resilience - Smart - Success - Wealth

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