Any tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
“There is no greater development than winning the war against discouragement .” — Osunsakin Adewale Copy Share Image
Discouragement is always just a moment away, but a few words of inspiration can change discouragement into hope. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Discouragement is of all ages: In youth it is a presentiment, in old age a remembrance. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Discouragement is like a scorpion in your shoe; it takes courage to toss it out so you can move on.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. =) — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Who really benefits from discouragement? More often than not, encouragement is exactly what is needed. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
[The writer] wants both to do the best possible work and also to reach the largest possible audience. The result is a… — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any… — Alex Faickney Osborn Copy Share Image
“When we walk by sight, we calculate everything from the human perspective, and this always leads to discouragement; but when we walk… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big… — Florence Scovel Shinn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Every minister, lecturer and public speaker know the discouragement of pouring himself of herself out to an audience and not receiving a… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
The plant is blind but it knows enough to keep pushing upwards towards the light, and it will continue to do this… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Introspection can easily become the tool of Satan, who is called the accuser. One of his chief weapons is discouragement. He knows… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
All of us are prone to excuse our own mediocre performance. We blame our misfortunes, our disfigurements, our so-called handicaps. Victims of… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Until we in the community have made up our minds that what we really want is expiation, or removal, or reform, or… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
In a world of discouragement, sorrow, and overmuch sin, in times when fear and despair seem to prevail, when humanity is feverish… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
God allows us to dace difficulties so that our faith will be stretched and refined. The trials we face provide an excellent… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
“You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can't have more than you have until you do better… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Good work is no done by "humble" men. It is one of the first duties of a professor, for example, in any… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
“The minute I was bored with a book or a subject I moved to another one, instead of giving up on reading… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“Have you ever watched a baby learning to walk? He totters, arms stretched out to balance himself. He wobbles - and falls,… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
At this time of crisis we cannot be concerned solely with ourselves, withdrawing into loneliness, discouragement and a sense of powerlessness in… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“You may think you've hit rock bottom in your life but guess what—there's more crud underneath those rocks.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Doubt is a form of pessimism that acts as an agent, which is sent to hinder prosperity on its materilization journey.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Don’t be discouraged by life’s difficulties. With hope and determination, you can triumph over any difficulties.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
We can cross the rivers of doubt and discouragement on the bridge of faith even before we get to them — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up. — Craig Zadan Copy Share Image
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I allow myself to have my feelings of disappointment and discouragement, but never to sit and wallow in them. — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
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