Convictions that outcomes are determined by one's own actions can be either demoralizing or heartening, depending on the level of self-judged efficacy.… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
It is a horrible demoralizing thing to be a lawyer. You look for such low motives in everyone and everything. — Katharine Tynan Copy Share Image
Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North,… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
American democracy is a chess-game in which pawns imagine themselves to be free individuals with wills of their own: that delusion is… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
I never went too long without a job. The problem was a lot of the early jobs are almost more demoralizing than… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
Outrage, combining as it does shock, anger, reproach, and helplessness, is perhaps the most unmanageable, the most demoralizing of all the emotions. — Margery Allingham Copy Share Image
Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence. — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Startups are painful, stressful and at times demoralizing. You need to be a true believer in the vision of what you are… — Steve Blank Copy Share Image
When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
I may as well cut my losses and make a hasty exit while I still had enough self-esteem to walk upright. Crawling… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Man, anytime the ball goes through the basket. It doesn't matter if it's a jumper or a drive. Any time the ball… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
But the true evil of drink lies in the disillusion: that the initial pleasure very soon evaporates, leaving a demoralizing craving for… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income. — Edmund Wilson Copy Share Image
“Attitude Is Everything We live in a culture that is blind to betrayal and intolerant of emotional pain. In New Age crowds… — Sandra Lee Dennis Copy Share Image
To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
Tutelage is a comfortable relationship for the senior partner, but it is demoralizing in the long run. It breeds illusions of omniscience… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Despite some standout events, 2012 was demoralizing. The Met felt adrift, and New York City Opera couldn't claw its way back to… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
It's better to grow your employees, steer them into a place that they can learn and succeed, and want to work hard… — Glen Mazzara Copy Share Image
In the modern Christian attempt to take a stand as Christ did, and maybe for others, win the approval of the world,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Most professionals specialize in only part of the complex community revitalization process. Incomplete efforts usually create messy, expensive, demoralizing failures. Few specialists… — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
