Encouragement Quotes - Page 18

• 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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• The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Motivational, Determination, Failure

  Thomas Moore, Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1826). “Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: In Two Volumes”, p.195

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• Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic numbing - resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and other beings.

  Joanna Macy

  Pain, Mean, Compassion

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• Often God has to shut a door in our face, so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to go.

  Catherine Marshall

  Adversity, Doors, Want

  Catherine Marshall (2002). “A Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter Marshall”, p.21, Chosen Books

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• When we become more fully aware that our success is due in large measure to the loyalty, helpfulness, and encouragement we have received from others, our desire grows to pass on similar gifts. Gratitude spurs us on to prove ourselves worthy of what others have done for us. The spirit of gratitude is a powerful energizer.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Loyalty, Gratitude, Powerful

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• Long shots do come in and hard work, dedication and perseverance will overcome almost any prejudice and open almost any door.

  John H. Johnson

  Perseverance, Hard Work, Commitment

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• I really want people to know that I've worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn't just happen overnight. I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I've learned through every partnership and opportunity.

  Magic Johnson

  Business, Hard Work, Opportunity

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• Water seeks its own level and water rises collectively

  Julia Cameron

  Water, Support, Society

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.264, Souvenir Press

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• There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous, urgent, ardent. Flamed desires, impassioned, unwearied insistence delight heaven. God would have His children incorrigibly in earnest and persistently bold in their efforts. Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls. Our whole being must be in our praying.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Children, Attitude

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• Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Adversity, Self

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• If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.

  Bernie Siegel

  Nature, Adversity, Watches

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• Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were at nothing else but my shadow, yet God, as being very tender of me, hath suffered me to be molested, but would with one Scripture or another, strengthen me against all; insomuch that I have often said, Were it awful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater comfort's sake.

  John Bunyan

  Adversity, Support, Shadow

  John Bunyan, George Barrell Cheever (1857). “The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come, Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country...”, p.60

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• The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the expediency of giving effectual encouragement as well to the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad, as to the exertions of skill and genius in producing them at home.

  George Washington

  Home, Mean, Skills

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1838). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private”, p.9

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• Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.

  James Ling

  Motivational, Hard Work, Done

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• In 1945 J.A. Ratcliffe ... suggested that I [join his group at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge] to start an investigation of the radio emission from the Sun, which had recently been discovered accidentally with radar equipment. ... [B]oth Ratcliffe and Sir Lawrence Bragg, then Cavendish Professor, gave enormous support and encouragement to me. Bragg's own work on X-ray crystallography involved techniques very similar to those we were developing for "aperture synthesis", and he always showed a delighted interest in the way our work progressed.

  Martin Ryle

  Hard Work, Science, Discovery

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• 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.

  Karl Pearson

  Hard Work, Science, Goes On

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• Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

  Marv Levy

  Sports, Football, Character

  Joeseph Valerio, Marv Levy (2014). “Second to None: The Relentless Drive and the Impossible Dream of the Super Bowl Bills”, p.15, Triumph Books

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