Discouraged Quotes

328 Discouraged quotes by 250 unique authors

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he… — William Arthur Ward
I'm very excited about dance and love it with a deep passion. I also struggle, tire and become discouraged. But what has always revived me...has… — Anna Halprin
Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. . . . The resistance encountered now predicates hope. . . — Frederick Douglass
I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. — Paul Desmond
Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time, and not be discouraged at the rests.… — John Ruskin
Never be discouraged from being an activist because people tell you that you'll not succeed. You have already succeeded if you're out there representing truth… — Doris "Granny D" Haddock
A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive. — Bernie Siegel
We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope. — Ezra Taft Benson
I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily… — C. J. Mahaney
Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of… — Gary Zukav
Many feel discouraged because they have not measured up to their potential. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer and harsher as… — Michael Leunig
Children are trained to think linearly instead of imaginatively; they are taught to read slowly and carefully, and are discouraged from daydreaming. They are trained… — Tony Buzan
My parents never discouraged me. There were a couple times when my dad criticized a couple things that I did, but it was nothing. So… — Jeff Dunham
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. — John Burroughs
I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. — Paul Desmond
Well, as a general remark, I would say that I was discouraged by the physical and economic conditions in continental Europe after the war. — David K. E. Bruce
We all get discouraged. — Richard G. Scott
If every conceivable precaution is taken at first, one is often too discouraged to proceed at all. — Archer John Porter Martin
Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings:… — Howard Staunton
Welding torches, cutting torches and any activity producing a flame outside is prohibited. Any open flame is discouraged. — John Glover
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
By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison… — Joseph Collins
No matter how discouraged we get, God has not asked us to do the impossible — Unknown Author
Even if everyone is taking a different direction, do not b discouraged, even if you are left alone, keep on moving, for loneliness is better… — Abbakhuwa

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