Discouraging Quotes

226 Discouraging quotes by 201 unique authors

At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging. — Adam Schiff
I dont think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you dont discourage something that may… — Linda Ronstadt
If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within… — Heber J. Grant
We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams. — Lenny Wilkens
I'm the Duke of Riverside. I build things here and pretty much keep the peace, and discourage certain behaviors. If you think all that has… — Ellen Kushner
All corporatism – even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea – encourages inflexibility, discourages… — Margaret Thatcher
It is very discouraging to be in a team with white athletes. On the track you are Tommie Smith, the fastest man in the world,… — Unknown Author
Cities have a psychogeographical relief, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes which strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones — Ivan Chtcheglov
When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what… — Frederic Bastiat
A good man likes a hard boss. I don't mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things… — William Feather
I find it discouraging - and a bit depressing - when I notice the unequal treatment afforded by the media to UFO believers on the… — George Carlin
The purpose of [a lawsuit] is to harass and discourage rather than to win. The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough… — L. Ron Hubbard
Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon. — Haile Selassie
The mounting burden of taxation not only undermines individual incentives to increased work and earnings, but in a score of ways discourages capital accumulation and… — Henry Hazlitt
Since the State thrives on what it expropriates, the general decline in production that it induces by its avarice foretells its own doom. Its source… — Frank Chodorov
What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction more to… — James Keller
Purity is a good mask for corruption because it discourages inquiry. — Steven Levitt
The Fed's low-interest policy not only encourages spending and borrowing, it discourages the one thing that best helps people raise themselves into higher economic classes… — Mark Thornton
Children are given us to discourage our better emotions. — Hector Hugh Munro
Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. — George Mason
It's a long journey - the change can only be measured in increments of five years at a time. For every two steps forward, there… — Jack Norris
In short, my vision of a responsible free society is one in which we discourage evil, but do not prohibit it. We make our children… — Mark Skousen
... there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with loyalty did little… — Nathaniel Branden
I'll tell you what I'd do if it were up to me: I would establish a strictly controlled distribution network through which I would make… — George Soros
Who can estimate the real wealth that inheres in a fine character. . . . How base and mean money and huge estates look in… — Orison Swett Marden

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