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title: "2 Encourage Quotes By William Barclay"
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> [We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/we-have-a-duty-to-encourage-one-another-many-a-time-a-word-of-praise/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

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> [One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement...It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others. The world is full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/one-of-the-highest-of-human-duties-is-the-duty-of-encouragement-it-is/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

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## Other authors on Encourage

## More by William Barclay

> [The Christian man must aim at that complete obedience to God in which life finds its highest happiness, its greatest good, its perfect consummation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/the-christian-man-must-aim-at-that-complete-obedience-to-god-in-which/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [Real repentance means coming not only to be sorry for the consequences of sin but to hate sin itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/real-repentance-means-coming-not-only-to-be-sorry-for-the/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [There is a time when to avoid trouble is to store up trouble, and when to seek for a lazy and a cowardly peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/there-is-a-time-when-to-avoid-trouble-is-to-store-up-trouble-and-when/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/when-we-believe-that-god-is-father-we-also-believe-that-such-a-father/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [The only way to get our values right is to see, not the beginning, but the end of the way, to see things not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/the-only-way-to-get-our-values-right-is-to-see-not-the-beginning-but/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [The Christian is called upon to be the partner of God in the work of the conversion of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/the-christian-is-called-upon-to-be-the-partner-of-god-in-the-work-of/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [Pride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/pride-is-the-ground-in-which-all-the-other-sins-grow-and-the-parent/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [Every discouraging sermon is a wicked sermon... There could hardly be a more un-Christian way of living than to go about in such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/every-discouraging-sermon-is-a-wicked-sermon-there-could-hardly-be-a/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [God does not choose a person for ease and comfort and selfish joy but for a task that will take all that head and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/god-does-not-choose-a-person-for-ease-and-comfort-and-selfish-joy-but/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [Instead of our petulant, fretful, irritable human hastiness we should cultivate in our souls the patience which has learned to wait on God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/instead-of-our-petulant-fretful-irritable-human-hastiness-we-should/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/in-the-time-we-have-it-is-surely-our-duty-to-do-all-the-good-we-can/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/religion-fails-if-it-cannot-speak-to-men-as-they-are/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/we-have-a-duty-to-encourage-one-another-many-a-time-a-word-of-praise/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [True prayer is asking God what He wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/true-prayer-is-asking-god-what-he-wants/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

> [Christian freedom does not mean being free to do as we like; it means being free to do as we ought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/christian-freedom-does-not-mean-being-free-to-do-as-we-like-it-means/)

[William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/)

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