Discouragement Quotes · Page 4

Nobody else can make us discouraged; it is a choice that we alone make when facing disappointments.

— Charles Stanley

We can cross the rivers of doubt and discouragement on the bridge of faith even before we get to them

— Sterling W Sill

Disappointments will come and go, but discouragement is a choice that you make.

— Charles Stanley

“Don’t be discouraged by life’s difficulties. With hope and determination, you can triumph over any difficulties.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

— Samuel Butler

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

— Anonymous

To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up.

— Craig Zadan

“Discouragement is the anesthetic the devil uses on a person just before he reaches in and carves out his heart.”

— Ray Johnston

“Dream murderers are people who refuse to learn and optimize their own dreams. They discourage others from going ahead to make it…

— Israelmore Ayivor

And though behind you lies a road of dust and heat and discouragement, and before you the challenge and uncertainty of untried…

— Max Ehrmann

Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.

— Louie Giglio

By the age of 3, children from wealthier households hear, on average, about 500,000 encouragements and 80,000 discouragements. The ratio is reversed…

— Jonah Lehrer

Every minister, lecturer and public speaker know the discouragement of pouring himself of herself out to an audience and not receiving a…

— Dale Carnegie

If we were humble, nothing would change us-neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged.…

— Mother Teresa

An obstacle is not a discouragement. It may become one, but only with our own consent. So long as we refuse to…

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes…

— Thomas Carlyle

God allows us to dace difficulties so that our faith will be stretched and refined. The trials we face provide an excellent…

— Charles Stanley

In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was…

— Sandra Oh

“With the help of the Lord, you can handle life's challenges and heartaches, even the valley of the shadow of death. What…

— Elizabeth George

…the samurai ethic is a political science of the heart, designed to control such discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing…

— Yukio Mishima

Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist…

— Kevin Smith

Everything depends on attitude. We are ambitious or lazy, enthusiastic or dull, loyal or undependable, according to our attitude. We get good…

— Sterling W Sill

If the new Universal History were also read, it would give a connected idea of human affairs, so far as it goes,…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Any big goal, having to do with weight loss or not, can become a source of discouragement if we focus on how…

— Jessica Heights

“Discouragement, fear, and depression— three villains who lurk in the dark. They slip inside souls with a blindfold and goals to shatter…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Have you ever watched a baby learning to walk? He totters, arms stretched out to balance himself. He wobbles - and falls,…

— Catherine Marshall

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

— John Stott

Disappointment is really just a term for our refusal to look on the bright side

— Anonymous

“Be optimistic and don’t ever get discouraged or give up no matter how vain it may seem initially”

— Sunday Adelaja

Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.

— Bertrand Russell

I allow myself to have my feelings of disappointment and discouragement, but never to sit and wallow in them.

— Tim Matheson

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

— Jane Gardam

Discouragement is the anaesthesia the devil uses before he rips our very heart out.

— Anonymous

“Negative people can only infest you with discouragements when they find you around... Just get lost and get saved!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.

— Francis Ford Coppola

Every step toward Christ kills a doubt. Every thought, word, and deed for Him carries you away from discouragement.

— Theodore L. Cuyler

There has always been discouragement, negativism, and temptation in the world because of Lucifer.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

— Shirley Chisholm

Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success

— Papa Jack

Love does not listen to the opinions of other people, discouragement, comments and thoughts but to itself.

— Nit