Discouraged Quotes

328 Discouraged quotes by 250 unique authors

He was resentful against all those in authority over him, and this, combined with a lazy indifference toward his work, exasperated every master in school.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
We speak much of the duty of making others happy. No day should pass, we say, on which we do not put a little cheer… — J.R. Miller
I tell you these stories because these things happen to everyone. It's not about being starched or polished or cute or polite. It's about having… — Maira Kalman
Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery… — John Keats
Great achievement goes through, not around, discouragement. Is there a roadblock in my way, keeping me from something I want to achieve? Am I discouraged?… — Jerry Spinelli
Always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. — Richard M. Nixon
I'd written Smashed not because I was ambitious and not because writing down my feelings was cathartic (it felt more like playing one's own neurosurgeon… — Koren Zailckas
Even though people about us choose the path of hate and violence and warfare and greed and prejudice, we who are Christ's body must throw… — Clarence Jordan
All I wanted to do was be a hero... But do I ever get to be a hero? All I ever get to be is… — Charles M. Schulz
For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love… — Brennan Manning
To the warriors of light, there is no such thing as impossible love. They don’t allow themselves to be intimidated by silence, or by rejection.… — Paulo Coelho
A pause followed my greeting. Then “We’re watching you ” whispered the voice on the other end. “Yeah? Did you see what I did with… — Josh Lanyon
Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged. — Tennessee Williams
I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid. — Pope John Paul II
...the little man's total obliviousness to all forms of danger somehow made danger so discouraged that it gave up and went away. — Terry Pratchett
Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we lost our center… — Anais Nin
When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and… — Brennan Manning
If ever you are tempted to become discouraged or to lose faith, remember those faithful Saints who remained true in Kirtland. Hold on a little… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning,… — Brother Lawrence
It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged. — Stephen King
It is so pleasant to learn about new things. Every day I find how little I know, but I do not feel discouraged since God… — Helen Keller
Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If… — Mother Teresa
What will you do with the lazy ones, who would not work?' No one is lazy. They grow hopeless from the misery of their present… — Emma Goldman
One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters. — Kurt Vonnegut
You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere… — Dale Carnegie

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