Quotes about Support

How do the people around you react to the sparks of life? Are they fire lighters who blow things up, or firefighters who calm things down?

Perfectionists can rarely affirm themselves; therefore, it's very difficult for them to affirm others.

People must have affirmation and praise in order to maintain a high level of performance. Withholding negative or critical comments is not nearly as important as giving positive input through compliments and praise.

Discouraged? Don't be, for the one thing that really matters, lasts forever—your friendships. Life is too long to spend it with people who pull you in the wrong direction. And it's too short not to invest in others. Your relationships will define you. And they will influence your talent—one way or the other. Choose wisely. —

Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. Good work can never be expected from a worker without encouragement. No one can ever have lived without it.

As a leader, my goal is to help people, not make them happy.

Think the best, believe the best, and express the best in others.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

Everything we do, every accomplishment we have, every milestone we pass has come in part because of the efforts of others.

If you don't know how to add to others, then you probably subtract by default.

#1 Build people up by encouragement. #2 Give people credit by acknowledgment. #3 Give people recognition by gratitude.

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.