You do not have to be The fastest starter. Just be a starter! You will, without fail, Reach your destination-sun.
Nature encourages no looseness; pardons no errors.
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.
Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
Everyone is in need of encouragement at some time. Take the opportunity today to encourage (give courage to) the one who often encourages you.
You can choose to be a drag and a burden, or an inspiration and encouragement.
There's much you can't change, but there's something important you can change: you.
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.
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.
The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds.
It's amazing how far you will get by just staying with something long enough. Most people give up too early.
If you give, it will be given to you. And I have found that generous people are blessed people.
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.
Our attitude toward others reveals our genuine attitude toward God.
Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.
We should open ourselves to the impossible and embrace a psychology of possibility.
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.
The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever.
In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
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.
TODAY can be a healthy unusual day for you-and for others-if you take time to give someone a smile . . . to express a word of kindness . . . to lend a helping hand to someone in need . . . ..to write a note of gratitude . . . to give a word of encouragement to someone who is temporarily overcome with problems . . . to share a portion of your material possessions with others.
The good gardener knows with absolute certainty that if he does his part, if he gives the labour, the love, and every aid that his knowledge of his craft, experience of the conditions of his place, and exercise of his personal wit can work together to suggest, that so surely will God give the increase. Then with the honestly-earned success comes the consciousness of encouragement to renewed effort, and, as it were, an echo of the gracious words, 'Well done my good and faithful servant'.
I encourage everyone to become their dream. Most young people get sidetracked and never end up doing what they really set out to do.
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