Discouraged Quotes

328 Discouraged quotes by 250 unique authors

What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged. — Steve Lacy
If you are not discouraged about your writing on a regular basis, you may not be trying hard enough. Any challenging pursuit will encounter frequent… — Maxwell Perkins
Writing a novel is a very hard thing to do because it covers so long a space of time, and if you get discouraged it… — Maxwell Perkins
It is through solving problems correctly that we grow spiritually. We are never given a burden unless we have the capacity to overcome it. If… — Peace Pilgrim
People are so prone to lean upon gifted men. And if they cannot have such, they get discouraged and scattered, instead of getting lovingly together… — Charles Henry Mackintosh
Recognize that it is not really possible to steadily help others when we ourselves are not in good physical, mental, or emotional state. We may… — Nhat Hanh
We can't allow ouselves to be depresses or discouraged. There are people who depend on us, things to accomplish. We only have a little bit… — Frederick Lenz
We could be unhappy and discouraged for ourselves, but we're trying to be in a high vibratory state so we can be of service to… — Frederick Lenz
People become discouraged when they listen to their 'inner critic'... Whatever that voice is saying, articulate a response, drawing from the part of you that… — Lauren Mackler
Don’t ever give up. Don’t see the obstacles, just the way around them. For me, of course it looked improbable, but not impossible. So as… — Evanna Lynch
I do not believe in a God who would set up rules and commandments only to wait for us to fail so He could punish… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any… — Calvin Coolidge
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the… — Thomas A. Edison
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. — Albert Einstein
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their… — B. C. Forbes
If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment. — Tom Ford
Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that… — Maureen Forrester
What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged. — Salma Hayek
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times. — Napoleon Hill
Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem… — James Hillman
You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me,… — Miriam Makeba
If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don't be discouraged... just be willing to change. — Joyce Meyer
Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless… — Richard M. Nixon
Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't… — Joyce Carol Oates
You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw… — Joel Osteen

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