Encouragement Quotes - Page 23

• I always watch rushes. They give me a sense of whether I'm going in the right direction. You work hard and hopefully get encouragement from what you see.

  Kevin Bacon

  Hard Work, Giving, Watches

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• I was so fortunate. My parents lived lives of service. They helped other people, that was their second nature; it came to them so naturally. It wasn't forced. This is their character, and it's a big advantage I have, being raised by people like this, having a secure and stable life, and a lot of love and encouragement.

  Laura Bush

  Character, People, Parent

  "A Conversation With Laura Bush: 'Education Is The Key'". Interview with Kevin M. Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2012.

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• The usual comment from psychologists and psychiatrists was that it's best not to encourage people to look at their dreams because they are liable to stir up problems for themselves.

  Henry Reed

  Dream, People, Usual

  Henry Reed (2005). “Dream Medicine: Learning How to Get Help from Our Dreams”, p.260, We Publish Books

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• 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 Evans

  Years, Careers, Firsts

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• And all may do what has by man been done.

  Edward Young

  Inspirational, Motivation, Done

  Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.146

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• Encouragement is the most important thing in the world for young people, rather than league tables, which demoralise everyone.

  Tony Benn

  People, League, Important

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile.

  Richard Baxter

  Differences, Honor, Holiness

  Richard Baxter, Richard Bulger Schlatter (1957). “Richard Baxter & Puritan Politics”

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• Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu of something better, but what I call their accruing ego identity gains real strength only from wholehearted and consistent recognition of real accomplishment, that is, achievement that has meaning in their culture.

  Erik Erikson

  Children, Real, Self Esteem

  Erik H. Erikson (1994). “Identity and the Life Cycle”, p.95, W. W. Norton & Company

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• No one has ever overdosed on encouragement.

  Bill Johnson

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• We have every opportunity and every encouragement before us, to form the noblest truest constitution on the face of the earth. We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

  Thomas Paine

  Opportunity, Faces, World

  "Common Sense". Book by Thomas Paine, 1776.

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• I think that film festivals, we're very often given to understand, are about filmmakers and about films and about the industry of filmmaking. I don't believe that they are, I believe that film festivals are about film audiences, and about giving an audience the encouragement to feel really empowered and to stretch the elastic of their taste.

  Tilda Swinton

  Believe, Thinking, Giving

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I'm known for being a good listener. Most people need a lot of love and encouragement and I'm more than willing to give a person all the encouragement and time they need.

  Narada Michael Walden

  People, Giving, Needs

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• 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.

  Jim Abbott

  Believe, Kids, People

  "Jim Abbott - The Halos Heaven Interview". Interview with Rev Halofan, www.halosheaven.com. February 14, 2007.

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• I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.

  William Morris

  Hands, Long, May

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• Men before you have quit smoking - you can too!

  Edward Young

  Smoking, Quitting, Men

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• 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.

  Felix Adler

  Struggle, Water, Suffering

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• People need encouragement to take action.

  Joe Vitale

  Inspirational, People, Needs

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• Changing a habit is hard work. But it's harder to find work that would be more fulfilling

  Voltaire

  Hard Work, Would Be, Habit

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• Amnesty is not the answer as it will only encourage more illegal immigrants to enter.

  Timothy Murphy

  Answers, Amnesty, Illegal

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• I never looked at music as a serious ven­ture. There was very little encouragement from my family. I didn't have anybody to entertain, so it was hard to get motivated.

  Tom Waits

  Serious, My Family, Motivated

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• I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after.

  Edward de Bono

  Dream, Tired, Goal

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• America is an idea, but it's an idea that brings with it some baggage, like power brings responsibility. It's an idea that brings with it equality, but equality even though it's the highest calling, is the hardest to reach. The idea that anything is possible, that's one of the reasons why I'm a fan of America. It's like hey, look there's the moon up there, let's take a walk on it, bring back a piece of it. That's the kind of America that I'm a fan of.

  Edward de Bono

  Responsibility, Moon, Power

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• Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Flames, Achievement, Sparks

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• 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.

  George Porter

  Wife, Tonight, Research

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• In the last twelve years, we have come some distance towards reconciliation and the breaking down of disadvantage. Let us take encouragement from what has been achieved and set our minds and hearts to end the remaining roadblocks.

  Malcolm Fraser

  Distance, Heart, Years

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

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