Encouraging Quotes - Page 12

We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that's full of sin.

In the midst of the flurry - clarity. In the midst of the storm - calm. In the midst of divided interests - certainty. In the many roads - a certain choice.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

You never know how close you are to a breakthrough. It may be right around the corner. Don't quit!

Ask yourself, 'how long am I going to work to make my dreams come true?' I suggest you answer, 'as long as it takes.'

Stop worrying and start living.

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy - and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come! But learn from the bewildered baby. Lurch to your feet again. You'll make the sofa in the end.

You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of this.

I would rather stay positive and get 50 percent good results, than stay negative and get 100 percent bad results!

You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.

I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.

And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.

It's good to remember that success may be just beyond the next failure, and you'll get there, not because you're destined to, but because you're determined to.

The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

No one knows what they can do until they try.

We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

The only thing that feeling bad accomplishes is to plummet you into anxiety, despair, depression, and stress. In such situations, ask yourself in that moment what THOUGHT you can have that will make you feel GOOD!

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

If his decision is correct, he will win the battle, even if it lasts longer than expected. If his decision is wrong, he will be defeated and he will have to start all over again-only this time with more wisdom. But once he has started, a warrior of the light perseveres until the end.