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• You do not have to be The fastest starter. Just be a starter! You will, without fail, Reach your destination-sun.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Inspiration, Sun, Failing

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• Nature encourages no looseness; pardons no errors.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Errors, Pardon

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1911). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lectures and biographical sketches”

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• Plants of great vigor will almost always struggle into blossom, despite impediments. But there should be encouragement, and a free genial atmosphere for those of more timid sort, fair play for each in its own kind.

  Margaret Fuller

  Struggle, Play, Atmosphere

  Margaret Fuller (2012). “Woman in the Nineteenth Century”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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• Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.

  Nicky Gumbel

  Life, Stupid, Worry

  Twitter post from Apr 26, 2016

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• Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

  Samuel Johnson

  Hard Work, Excellence, Lifetime

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• Everyone is in need of encouragement at some time. Take the opportunity today to encourage (give courage to) the one who often encourages you.

  David Jeremiah

  Opportunity, Giving, Needs

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• You can choose to be a drag and a burden, or an inspiration and encouragement.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Inspiration, Burden, Drag

  Charles R. Swindoll (2006). “Great Attitudes for Graduates!: 10 Choices for Success in Life”

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• There's much you can't change, but there's something important you can change: you.

  Rick Warren

  Important, Can't Change

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• As time passes, you will look back with twenty-twenty hindsight, and you will say, 'Thank God He did not answer my prayers' or 'Thank God He answered my prayers,' whichever the case may be.

  Greg Laurie

  Prayer, Thank God, Twenties

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• If it feels like your life has become a nasty, brackish puddle of water, never forget that you do possess the power to transform it into a beautiful, rushing stream that will carry you to enlightenment.

  Russell Simmons

  Beautiful, Rushing, Water

  Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow (2011). “Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All”, p.12, Penguin

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• The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds.

  Stephen Covey

  Odds, Unbelievable, Humans

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.157, Simon and Schuster

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• It's amazing how far you will get by just staying with something long enough. Most people give up too early.

  Robin Sharma

  Giving Up, Long, People

  Robin Sharma (2006). “The Greatness Guide: One of the World's Most Successful Coaches Shares His Secrets for Personal and Business Mastery”, Jaico Publishing House

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• If you give, it will be given to you. And I have found that generous people are blessed people.

  Greg Laurie

  Blessed, People, Giving

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• When you consider what you would love to accomplish in your life but feel ill-prepared to bring it about, picture the eighty-nine Michelangelo living five centuries ago, painting, sculpting, and writing. Imagine he is telling you that you can create whatever you desire, and the great danger is not in having too much hope, but in reaching what you have perceived as hopeless.

  Wayne Dyer

  Writing, Desire, Too Much

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• Our attitude toward others reveals our genuine attitude toward God.

  David Jeremiah

  Attitude, Genuine

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• Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.

  Arthur Rubinstein

  Growth, Hard

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• We should open ourselves to the impossible and embrace a psychology of possibility.

  Ellen Langer

  Psychology, Growth, Impossible

  Ellen J. Langer (2009). “Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility”, p.15, Ballantine Books

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• There is always a step small enough from where we are to get us to where we want to be. If we take that small step, there's always another we can take, and eventually a goal thought to be too far to reach becomes achievable.

  Ellen Langer

  Goal, Growth, Small Steps

  Ellen J. Langer (2009). “Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility”, p.35, Ballantine Books

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• The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Beautiful, Christian, Religion

  Charles R. Swindoll (2005). “Day by Day with Charles Swindoll”, p.375, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever.

  Zig Ziglar

  Compassion, Forever, Knows

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

  Jill Abramson

  Dog, Criticism, Praise

  "Changing Times" By Ken Auletta, www.newyorker.com. October 24, 2011.

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• God hates it when we stir up strife, disloyalty, or contention among His people. It may happen in the church, but don’t you be a part of it. Don’t do it. Pray, ask the Lord to make you a peacemaker, and ask the Lord to show you how you can minister support and encouragement to the spiritual leaders of your church.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Spiritual, Hate, People

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• The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

  Edith Sitwell

  Opinion, Flattery, Aim

  "The Last Years of a Rebel : A Memoir of Edith Sitwell". Book by Elizabeth Salter, 1967.

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• I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

  David Amram

  Art, People, Wish

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• I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that marijuana is probably a dangerous drug, and I would not suggest that we do anything to encourage its use.

  Dana Rohrabacher

  Marijuana, Drug, Use

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