Encouraging Quotes - Page 6

There is nothing, indeed, which God will not do for a man who dares to step out upon what seems to be the mist; though as he puts his foot down he finds a rock beneath him.

Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do anything that’s different from what you’ve already done or what somebody else has done.

Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.

This is exactly the message that fairy tales get across to the child in manifold form: that a struggle against severe difficulties in life is unavoidable, is an intrinsic part of human existence -- but that if one does not shy away, but steadfastly meets unexpected and often unjust hardships, one masters all obstacles and at the end emerges victorious.

If you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.

Nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears

Don't be afraid of failure, be afraid of not trying in the first place.

Decisions are a way of defining ourselves. There comes a time in life when there is nothing else to do but go your own way. Where you are headed there are no trails, no paths, just your own instincts.

Keep passing the open windows.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man's limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man's imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.

Infants and young children are not just sitting twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their parents to teach them to read and do math. They are expending a vast amount of time and effort in exploring and understanding their immediate world. Healthy education supports and encourages this spontaneous learning.

Anytime a woman competes with another woman she demeans herself.

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

You can't always get what you want.

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words, "And this too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!

We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail.

Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.