Quotes about Encouragement

The international sign to know if someone needs encouraging," Truett said, "is if they are breathing. If they're breathing, they need encouraging.

If she had been born a hundred years later, she would very likely have been encouraged to be angry, told she had a right to express her anger and her sorrow and her bewilderment and her rage, and generally to disintegrate. These were not the expectations of her friends and family. Nothing could have been further from her expectations of herself. Instead, she threw herself into serving others.

Resolve never to criticize or downgrade yourself, but instead rejoice that you are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.

My heart goes out to a missionary who does not receive regular mail from home. Generally, a letter once a week is a good rule. But on the other hand, too much mail can be damaging to a missionary's morale.

It's important you think positively not negatively. Think about your loved ones and all the people who are behind you.

I work with a host of amazing women who act as role models, who give their spare time freely to encourage these girls to give things a go, to reach out and take a chance and to explain that should they fail, well that's just a part of life.

One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.

It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest. (The Walk - Chapter 19, Page 122

There are two ways of being strong: one is pushing people down, the other is pulling people up.