--- title: "10 Most encouraging Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Most encouraging quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Most encouraging sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/charles-r-swindoll-878_encouraging_you-know-one-of-the-most-encouraging-thi_158634.png" --- > [You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-swindoll/you-know-one-of-the-most-encouraging-things-about-faith-it-pleases-god/) [Charles R. Swindoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-r-swindoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/charles-r-swindoll-878_encouraging_you-know-one-of-the-most-encouraging-thi_158634.png) > [ After twenty years and thirty stories, thirteen pieces were finally selected and the collection was born. So far, the blurbs from \[authors\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lam/after-twenty-years-and-thirty-stories-thirteen-pieces-were-finally/) [Andrew Lam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/andrew-lam-21834_books_after-twenty-years-and-thirty-stories-th_940826.jpg) > [One of the most encouraging things is to see that so many of these young musicians and worship leaders are really concerned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-redman/one-of-the-most-encouraging-things-is-to-see-that-so-many-of-these/) [Matt Redman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-redman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/matt-redman-17591_concerned_one-of-the-most-encouraging-things-is-to_2362202.png) > [When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-beecher-stowe/when-you-get-into-a-tight-place-and-everything-goes-against-you-till-4/) [Harriet Beecher Stowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-beecher-stowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34f/harriet-beecher-stowe-1149_abolitionist_when-you-get-into-a-tight-place-and-ever_2578338.jpg) > [This is what i find most encouraging about the writing trades: they allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/this-is-what-i-find-most-encouraging-about-the-writing-trades-they/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/kurt-vonnegut-41_edits_this-is-what-i-find-most-encouraging-abo_3153909.jpg) > [The most encouraging trend of our time is the widespread loss of faith in government. No longer do people look to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/llewellyn-rockwell/the-most-encouraging-trend-of-our-time-is-the-widespread-loss-of/) [Llewellyn Rockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/llewellyn-rockwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/llewellyn-rockwell-10777_believe_the-most-encouraging-trend-of-our-time-i_647470.jpg) > [The most encouraging sign is that 71 percent of the public believe the system is profoundly corrupted by the power of money.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-moyers/the-most-encouraging-sign-is-that-71-percent-of-the-public-believe/) [Bill Moyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-moyers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/bill-moyers-2625_believe_the-most-encouraging-sign-is-that-71-per_2606656.jpg) > [That was the thing about Prabhupada, you see. He didn't just talk about loving Krishna and getting out of this place, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-harrison/that-was-the-thing-about-prabhupada-you-see-he-didn-t-just-talk-about/) [George Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/george-harrison-654_bits_that-was-the-thing-about-prabhupada-you_3208888.jpg) > [An empathic way of being can be learned from empathic persons. Perhaps the most important statement of all is that the ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/an-empathic-way-of-being-can-be-learned-from-empathic-persons-perhaps/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/carl-rogers-6883_ability_an-empathic-way-of-being-can-be-learned_1862673.jpg) > [ You see, this people \[Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, etc.\] simply believed that God existed in the situation they were faced with, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-swindoll/you-see-this-people-noah-abraham-sarah-jacob-etc-simply-believed-that/) [Charles R. Swindoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-r-swindoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/charles-r-swindoll-878_abraham_you-see-this-people-noah-abraham-sarah-j_1834488.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/most-encouraging/#itemlist", "name": "Most encouraging Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles R. 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