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• Have faith in the magic and miracles of life, for only those that do get to experience them.

  Hal Elrod

  Motivational, Faith, Law Of Attraction

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Jan 14, 2014

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• The key to encouragement is in knowing what gives people courage; what spurs them on to action.

  John C. Maxwell

  Keys, Knowing, People

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• Someone who lies for you will also lie to you. The occasional benefit your business may gain from a successful deception or concealment is always outweighed by the encouragement it provides to those willing to risk trust for success.

  Michael Josephson

  Lying, Successful, Risk

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• If we are fortunate, we one day find that person who impacts our world in such a way that our life is never the same again. By chance, or by design, we met that someone who offers the support, encouragement, and inspiration to become more than we ever thought possible.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspiration, Impact, Our World

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• Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Trust, Hurt, Thinking

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• Still, small heavenly voices penetrate the heart with their gentle, convincing declarations… Most often, hope, encouragement, and direction come from a soft, piercing voice. Small voices are heard only by those who are willing to listen.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Heart, Voice, Piercings

  Marvin J. Ashton (1991). “The Measure of Our Hearts”, Shadow Mountain

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• What you really have to do, if you want to be creative, is to unlearn all the teasing and censoring that you've experienced throughout your life. If you are truly a creative person, you know that feeling insecure and lonely is par for the course. You can't have it both ways: You can't be creative and conform, too. You have to recognize that what makes you different also makes you creative.

  Arno Allan Penzias

  Lonely, Insecure, Creative

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• I don't give advice. 90% of the time nobody takes it anyway. I will give encouragement and if asked a question as to how, or why I did certain things and if I think this will help whomever is asking the question I will do this.

  Dionne Warwick

  Thinking, Giving, Advice

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• For each of us there is a set limit to our intellectual powers which we cannot pass.

  Rene Descartes

  Hard Work, Intellectual, Limits

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• Stop thinking... Start doing. Think less... Do more. Do the thing... And you will know the way.

  Hal Elrod

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Feb 27, 2014

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• You need so much energy and encouragement to write that if someone says something negative, some of that energy goes.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Writing, Energy, Negative

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• Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Encouraging, Book, Awards

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• If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, People, Needs

  Joel Osteen (2012). “It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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• Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Uplifting

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• Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

  Thomas Paine

  Encouraging, Motivation, Effort

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• Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We've got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.

  Ross Perot

  Success, Dream, Jobs

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• Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Persistence, Goal

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• Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Pain

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.35, New World Library

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• Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.

  Miguel de Unamuno

  Life, Motivational, Clever

  Miguel de Unamuno (1925). “Essays and Soliloquies”

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

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Heart, Tragedy, Comedy

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• Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the perplexing turns in our lives are going somewhere good. They do not lead off a cliff. In all the setbacks of our lives as believers, God is plotting for our joy.

  John Piper

  Taken, Giving, Joy

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• What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write... Maybe the deadly notion came from liking to read so much. Maybe I was in love with the image of being a writer. Whatever. It had been a really bad idea. Because I couldn't write, at least not by the bluntly and frequently expressed standards of anyone in a position to offer any encouragement and feedback.

  Paul Di Filippo

  Writing, Ideas, Might

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• What people want is perfection," said the man. "In themselves." "But they need the steps to it to be pointed out," said the woman. "In a simple order," said the man. "With encouragement," said the woman. "And a positive attitude.

  Margaret Atwood

  Attitude, Simple, Order

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• Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary".

  Unknown

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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• Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.

  Zig Ziglar

  Running, Fuel

  Zig Ziglar, Tom Ziglar (2012). “Born to Win: Find Your Success Code”, p.15, AudioInk

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