Discouraging Quotes

226 Discouraging quotes by 201 unique authors

One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement...It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy to pour cold… — William Barclay
Everyone gets discourages...The question is: Are you going to give up or get up? It's a choice. — John C. Maxwell
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. — Sinclair Lewis
All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working? — Lawrence Summers
The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political discourse where comments… — Richard Lindzen
Go to the farmers market and buy food there. You'll get something that's delicious. It's discouraging that this seems like such an elitist thing. It's… — Alice Waters
In a society that considers all genuine ideas subversive, which seeks to discourage ideological imagination, and which aims to abolish thought in favour of spectacle,… — Guillaume Faye
Never listen to anybody who try to discourage you. — Mariah Carey
Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that… — Amber Tamblyn
Iâ€™ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They… — Horton Foote
I think Jefferson and George Washington would strongly discourage you from growing marijuana, and their tactics to stop you would be more violent than they… — Newt Gingrich
They put the thing down your throat so you don't swallow your tongue, and they put electrodes on your head. That's what was recommended in… — Lou Reed
Beginning a novel is always hard. It feels like going nowhere. I always have to write at least 100 pages that go into the trashcan… — Barbara Kingsolver
I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are — Toni Morrison
I applaud the American Cancer Society for all they do to eradicate smoking. Their local, state and national efforts help to discourage young people from… — Allyson Schwartz
I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in… — Thomas Jefferson
Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual… — George Washington
Trying to predict the future is a discouraging and hazardous occupation. If by some miracle a prophet could describe the future exactly as it was… — Arthur C. Clarke
On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective. — Margaret Sanger
It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a… — Pauline Kael

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