(1215 quotes found)
“A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.”
William Arthur Ward
“When you are dispirited, held back, beat down and you have no one,you can give up, give in, or you can find those things you need to stand within yourself.If no one else believes in you, then you must believe in yourself.If you can not get the love you need from others, you must make room in your heart and give that love to yourself.You must accept yourself exactly as you are, all your flaws, all your faults, all your dreams.”
Jill Hanna
“Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.”
Zig Ziglar
“The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.”
Sidney Madwed
“I can trust my friends These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow.”
Cher
“There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend”
Katharine Butler Hathaway
“Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.”
Elizabeth Harrison
“That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Bart, having never received any words of encouragement myself, I'm not sure how they're supposed to sound. But here goes: I believe in you.”
Lisa Simpson
