Discouraging Quotes

226 Discouraging quotes by 201 unique authors

Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent. — Gary Hamel
I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself… — Jascha Heifetz
Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that… — Ernest Istook
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will… — Abraham Lincoln
In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not… — Russell Means
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were… — Thomas Paine
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from… — Quintilian
Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can… — Sidney Sheldon
Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage… — Thomas Sowell
Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to… — Charles Stanley
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging. — Barbra Streisand
I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory… — Major Taylor
Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in… — Christy Turlington
I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself. — Shania Twain
I was spoiled in a very strange way as a child, because everybody told me, from the moment I was able to hear, that I… — Orson Welles
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens. — Elwyn Brooks White
Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from… — Helen Fisher
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know… — Winston Churchill
What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and… — Anais Nin

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