Discouragement Quotes

156 quotes by 126 authors

Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an… — Mary Astell
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties,… — Ethel Barrymore
Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel… — Bruno Bettelheim
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul… — Thomas Carlyle
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. — Dale Carnegie
How can we love days that are filled with sorrow? We can't-at least not in the moment. I don't think my mother was suggesting that… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will… — Alex Faickney Osborn
Nothing means so much to our daily prayer life as to pray in the name of Jesus. If we fail to do this, our prayer… — Ole Hallesby
Every person who has grown to any degree of usefulness, every person who has grown to distinction, almost without exception has been a person who… — Booker T. Washington
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of… — Napoleon Hill
Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination. — William Arthur Ward
Everything depends on attitude. We are ambitious or lazy, enthusiastic or dull, loyal or undependable, according to our attitude. We get good grades or poor… — Sterling W Sill
If you are going through a time of discouragement, there is a time or great personal growth ahead. — Oswald Chambers
Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice. — Charles Stanley
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus. — Robert South
Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he… — Joseph Campbell
The millions of dollars which we devote every year to high-school education are, for the most part, money spent for the retarding of intelligence, the… — Bernard Iddings Bell
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. — Eric Hoffer
Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair. — David McCullough
Pay little attention to discouragement as possible. Plough ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth - rain or shine. To carry your cargo and… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock

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