Quotes about Encouragement

Find at least one person each day, and more if possible, in whom you see some good quality that is worthy of praise, and praise it. Remember, however, that this praise must not be in the nature of cheap, insincere flattery; it must be genuine. Speak your words of praise with such earnestness that they will impress those to whom you speak. Then watch what happens. You will have rendered those whom you praise a decided benefit of great value to them

Who among your acquaintances, a. encourages you most b. cautions you most c. discourages you most d. helps you most in other ways

Without our realizing it, we were trained to think that the most significant people are star athletes, actors, and musicians—the ones we applaud, those whose autographs others seek. They aren't. Not really. Most often, the people worth noting are the individuals who turn a "nobody" into a "somebody" but never receive credit.

Please cleanse me, even if I must endure hardship or suffer affliction in the process. Grant me the courage to remain steadfast as You work. Grant me patience to endure the process and provide extra encouragement when my patience wears thin. Then let me rejoice when Your temple is again pure. I make the same request as David did so many years ago: Create in me a clean heart, O God (Ps. 51:

God constantly uses the lives of Bible characters to teach us, to encourage us, to warn us.

You take heart now. Be encouraged. The bad times are really the good times in disguise. And I'm going to get down on my knees tonight and ask God to break through. God is walking with you

She'd wondered what she'd ever do if God would actually speak to her while she was praying. Some of her friends, particularly one over in Point Pleasant, had encouraged her to get slain in the Spirit as if that would change things between her and God. She'd already been slain as much as she needed as far as she was concerned.

You can go to work and actually make someone else's job less miserable. Use your job to help others.

We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope.

I'm always with my dad, and he's my coach, and he just kept telling me, 'You have to keep motivated, try to keep motivated.'

It's just that I can write something nice is what motivates me.

Your relationships will take you beyond the boundaries of your normal strength. Encouragement gives struggling people eyes to see the unseen Christ.