Encouragement Quotes

True contentment comes with empathy.

What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.

Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.

No local church can afford to go without the encouragement and nourishment that will come to it by sending away its best people.

We do learn something about ourselves when we are up against the wall, and we do most certainly come out stronger.

Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself ... nothing is impossible!

We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us ready for the successes.

Never put off writing until you are better at it.

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

Take a new look at your present "impossible." Consider positive ways to handle it.

Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

If you want to determine if your thoughts are from the enemy or from God, ask yourself, 'Are these thoughts I’d choose to have?

It's not your circumstances that shape you, it's how you react to your circumstances.

"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists.

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.

Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.

God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.

Whether joy or sorrow, pain or pleasure; whatsoever may befall thee, accept it serenely with an unvanquished heart.

Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .

God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him.

A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. If only you could love enough you would be the happiest and most powerful being in the world.

To fly we have to have resistance.

Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul.

Imagine, as realistically as possible, the place where you want to be in the near future, the state you wish to reach and the Universe will help you and guide you

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

If people are kicking you in the behind, at least you're in front of them.

How do you know if someone needs encouragement? If they are breathing!

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

In a time of crisis we all have the potential to morph up to a new level and do things we never thought possible.

The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.

Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive.

Encouragement is like oxygen to the human spirit. Don't forget you're carrying someone else's air. Encourage them; help them breathe.

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future,and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

Every second you dwell on the past you steal from your future. Every minute you spend focusing on your problems you take away from finding your solutions.

Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

I'm an encourager at heart. I love to give words of encouragement and I love to receive words of encouragement. That's probably why words of discouragement affect me so deeply.

Your life is in your hands, to make of it what you choose.

Those who say in simple surrender 'Yes, Lord,' emerge from the experience spiritually rich, and become a source of grace and encouragement to others who are hurting.

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen.

Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.

Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness, inquisitiveness and self reliance.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, than there is always beer