Discourage Quotes

189 quotes by 171 authors

Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper… — Alfred Adler
This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they… — Mariah Carey
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. — William Ellery Channing
Most illegal immigrants are not by nature lawbreakers. Most are looking for the chance to live in dignity. Nevertheless we must continue to discourage illegal… — William J. Clinton
Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In my… — Gertrude B. Elion
Insight into soul-action, ability to discriminate the genuine from the sham and capacity to further one and discourage the other. — John Dewey
When covering the man with the ball, the defense should be able to touch the ball with his hand. He should assume this touching position… — Ralph Miller
People who have lost their hunger for justice are not ultimately powerful. They are like sick people who have lost their appetite for what is… — Cesar Chavez
The two terrors that discourage creativity and creative living are fear of public opinion and undue reverence for one's own consistency. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and… — Thomas Troward
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine
Governments have persistently tried their best to promote, encourage, and expand the circulation of bank and government paper, and to discourage the people's use of… — Murray Rothbard
Any demanding high technology tends to develop influential and dedicated constituencies of those who link its commercial success with both the public welfare and their… — Amory Lovins
This government does not believe that public safety is enhanced by carrying weapons. In fact, it has been a long-standing Canadian government practice to discourage… — Anne McLellan
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… — William Barclay
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. — Sinclair Lewis
All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working? — Lawrence Summers
The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political discourse where comments… — Richard Lindzen
In a society that considers all genuine ideas subversive, which seeks to discourage ideological imagination, and which aims to abolish thought in favour of spectacle,… — Guillaume Faye
Never listen to anybody who try to discourage you. — Mariah Carey

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