Encouragement Quotes

• There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

  Paulo Coelho

  Encouraging, Wisdom, Recovery

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Sep 14, 2016

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  You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Every second you dwell on the past you steal from your future. Every minute you spend focusing on your problems you take away from finding your solutions.

  Robin Sharma

  Past, Problem, Stealing

  Robin Sharma (2003). “Who Will Cry When You Die?: Life Lessons From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”, p.7, Jaico Publishing House

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  Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Moving On, Encouraging

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• The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.55

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• When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.

  Hayley Williams

  Encouraging, Long Distance Relationship, Giving Up

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• You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.

  Rumi

  Trust, Dream, Bad Ass

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• Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

  Drew Barrymore

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

  Helen Keller

  Positive, Hope, Thinking

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• Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man's or a woman's shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being's day, week, or life.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Dream, Thinking, Air

  Charles R. Swindoll (1993). “Encourage Me”, p.97, Harper Collins

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• If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.

  David Allen

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Procrastination

  Twitter post from Jun 10, 2009

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  I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

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  The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Hope, Hurt

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• Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Attributed in "Forbes", Volume 102, 1968.

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  Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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• There is nothing to fear, because you cannot fail... only learn, grow and become better than you've ever been before.

  Hal Elrod

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Jun 21, 2013

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• The world is waiting for you to wake up to the person you are called to be. Stop listening to the negative inner conversation that's causing you to play small. Focus your mind on positive thoughts, possibilities and solutions that can move you forward. Tap into your creativity and determination and stay busy. Stay focused.

  Les Brown

  Motivational, Determination, Moving

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  Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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