Discouraging Quotes

226 quotes by 205 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
It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it. — Chuck Daly
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
By continually increasing the difficulty of the sport, we are discouraging younger athletes from starting and continuing in the sport. But most importantly, we are… — Svetlana Boginskaya
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
In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words like dysfunction and antisocial behavior,… — Don Henley
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
The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's dangerous. — Richard Dawkins
We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principle goal in life is to be rich, thin,… — Barack Obama
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
The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over the inferior Creatures… — Robert Boyle
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

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