Discouraging Quotes

226 Discouraging quotes by 201 unique authors

Great leaders inspire. They maintain a hopeful attitude, even in the face of discouraging setbacks, constant criticism and abundant opposition. People don't follow discouraged leaders.… — Rick Warren
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more… — Abraham Lincoln
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course,… — Ian Mckellen
Genuine faith can find encouragement, even in that which is discouraging and get nearer to God. — T. B. Joshua
I'm one of a dying breed who goes out and tours all the time. Labels don't spend the money to send people out to play… — Sheryl Crow
Health experts working on a union backed screening program to detect bladder cancer in a Georgia chemical plant were stunned when the local (ACS) cancer… — Jack Anderson
We live in a society that penalizes highly creative individuals for their non-conformist autonomy. This makes the teaching of problem solving in design both discouraging… — Victor Papanek
It wouild be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and it said, 'Yes,… — Ronald Graham
If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up. — Steve Lacy
At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me; he… — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
One of the chief duties of the mathematician in acting as an advisor ... is to discourage ... from expecting too much from mathematics. — Norbert Wiener
I just have a more holistic sense of what it means to be for life, knowing that life does not just begin at conception and… — Shane Claiborne
When a leader is upbeat in the face of discouraging circumstances, others admire that quality and want to be like her. — John C. Maxwell
Never let failure discourage you. Every time you get to the base of a mountain (literal or metaphorical), you're presented with a new opportunity to… — Alison Levine
Real learning, attentive, real learning, deep learning, is playful and frustrating and joyful and discouraging and exciting and sociable and private all the time, which… — Eleanor Duckworth
Managers who don't lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don't manage don't know what's going on. It's a phony separation that people are making… — Henry Mintzberg
The medicalization of early diagnosis not only hampers and discourages preventative health-care but it also trains the patient-to-be to function in the meantime as an… — Ivan Illich
It need not discourage us if we are full of doubts. Healthy questions keep faith dynamic. In fact, unless we start with doubts we cannot… — Helen Keller
Like, with one arm I know I can surf, but competitive surfing can be really frustrating, and sometimes you don't do as well as you… — Bethany Hamilton
Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot… — Al Lopez

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