Famous Quotes & Sayings

Karl Pearson

Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when in the 1890s. I received the Darwin Medal and the Huxley Medal. When one is old, one wants no encouragement and one goes on with one's work to the extent of one's power, because it has become habitual.

Julia Cameron

Most artists, ashamed of their need for encouragement, try to carry their work to term like a secret pregnancy.

Tony Allen

This was a tragic event and I would encourage people to help in any way possible.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head.

Dan Bucatinsky

Sometimes we have to take on jobs that we don't love, and I always encourage any creative person to use those as the fuel to do the things that you do love to do, even if they don't pay.

Sometimes we get none and sometimes we get a lot. We encourage it every month. We always let people know they can talk to the commission.

Michael Flynn

Students who come to Hastings need to know that they can engage, that they can be part of an educational facility that does not encourage this sort of discriminatory behavior.

Students that receive encouragement (from their parents) to participate in a program that they're interested in are more likely to succeed,

Larry Coker

That has encouraged me about Tyrone, because he really has stepped it up a level. We knew what we had when we recruited him.

That is what the Special Olympics does. It encourages people with disabilities to overcome their odds.

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise

It's quite an accomplishment. We just encourage him to do his best. Each year, it (the competition) gets harder and harder.

John Simon

Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.

The officer put a hand on the student's shoulder to encourage him to sit down. Then the student punched the officer in the face.

Even with encouragement for healthy alternatives, some parents seem to like traditional treats.

It's a wonderful time to see the park. We really encourage people to get out here and look around. It's really worth the drive.

It's a good financial planning tool, ... We're hoping it will help people understand what Social Security can provide, but also encourage them to do further planning for retirement savings.

It's just a small-town, down-home parade that we really encourage all the entries to just have fun with it.

John Mott

I try and encourage them about a different road to take in life,

It's been tough out there getting to the net with the hooking and the holding and the slashes that goes on as you're trying to get there. We just encourage our guys to keep their feet moving and then they'll get rewarded, which they did tonight.

Mark Jones

It just sums up our season to lose a game to a goal like this but we'll take encouragement from our performance.

It seemed like the right way to run the company, ... We encourage everyone to advance. It was the people that made it special. They never complained about hard work.

It was a big milestone for Michelle. She told me her legs are more sore than her shoulder, and I was really encouraged and happy to hear that.

It's good that he's out there moving around and doing a little bit. We're encouraged but we still don't have a timetable. We'll just have to see how it goes.

It's a very eclectic, engaging show, and it encourages us to take a look at our lives,

Mike Riley

It's been a long time since he's competed, but I'm very encouraged by it. Marcel had a good feel for it from the minute he walked in here, and he still has it.

It's been nearly six years now since Jill disappeared. I'm very encouraged by the fact things are happening today.

That may sound weird, but I'm the kind of person that if people are going through something then I want to go through it too. I don't want them to be hurt by themselves. I want to encourage them or make them stronger.

Chris Van Allsburg

As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much.

Mike Thibault

That's why it's a five-game series. I was encouraged by how we bounced back in the second half and got it back to a game.

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

Jonathan Knight

Everybody encourages everybody else. You can still have an impact even when you don't get into the game every night.

Every online message encourages me and serves as new support for me to do better.