(1213 quotes found)
“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
“The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.”
Dame Edith Sitwell
“We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.”
Charles Lamb
“I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.”
Dave Chappelle
“The privilege of a higher education, especially outside Africa, broadened my original horizon and encouraged me to focus on the environment, women and development in order to improve the quality of life of people in my country in particular and in the African region in general.”
Wangari Maathai
“Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.”
T.S. Eliot
“Give encouragement (the incentive to action) you will have courage and be encouraged.”
W. Clement Stone
“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.”
Robert Collier
“The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.”
John Updike
“The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.”
Wilbur Wright
