Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Evans

I had a great first year and Mr. MacDonald was my biggest supporter. He gave me the encouragement I needed that first year to get my career started on a positive note.

Jim Abbott

I benefited from tremendous encouragement as a kid. So many people reached out to me, helped me, and believed in me even when I didn't always believe in myself.

Jill Abramson

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

Jesse Helms

I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.

Jean Houston

I believe that we are stewards of a time that is upon us - but often we need the encouragement of each other to be able to wake up to this extraordinary time and possibility.

Christopher Lasch

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

Pause and remember - Stop mentally abusing yourself. Stop agonizing over your past mistakes and worrying about the future. Life is hard enough without the added fear, panic and anxiety. Your soul is crying out for love and encouragement. Take a moment to breathe deep, get present and find some compassion for yourself. Then, go out and treat yourself right; pamper yourself and take care of your needs. You are worth it!

Jeremy Lin

Having small group once a week gives me a lot of encouragement and accountability. Even though I go to church, I don't really know many people there, but my real community is my small group.

Hillary Clinton

At the risk of appearing predictable, the Bible was and remains the biggest influence on my thinking. I was raised reading it, memorizing passages from it and being guided by it. I still find it a source of wisdom, comfort and encouragement.

Hillary Clinton

I'm sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and disagree with this administration, somehow you're not patriotic. We need to stand up and say we're Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration.

Esther Hicks

If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite different. When you are looking for a solution, you are feeling positive emotion, but when you are looking at a problem, you are feeling negative emotion.

Erwin W. Lutzer

Everything that God brings into our life is directed to one purpose: that we might be conformed to the image of Christ.

Harper Lee

I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected.

Harper Lee

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

Howard Gardner

My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board.

Bill Cowher

He's an integral part of what we do. So, I'm every encouraged by his situation.

Erich Fromm

When people can see a vision and simultaneously recognize what can be done step by step in a concrete way to achieve it, they will begin to feel encouragement and enthusiasm instead of fright.

George Porter

Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.

Felix Adler

We stand, as it were, on the shore, and see multitudes of our fellow beings struggling in the water, stretching forth their arms, sinking, drowning, and we are powerless to assist them.

Fanny Burney

She [Evelina] is not, indeed, like most modern young ladies; to be known in half an hour; her modest worth, and fearful excellence, require both time and encouragement to show themselves.

Francis Bacon

The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists.

Mike Patton

I've encouraged all pharmacists to have all hands on deck. It's going to be a nightmare.

I'm one happy man right now. I can't tell you how much I appreciated my wife, Joyce, and my family's loyalty and love. Without their strength, encouragement and support I don't know if I would have made it.

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.