Encouraged Quotes

539 Encouraged quotes by 484 unique authors

When I was younger, I really struggled with confidence. You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies all… — Jurnee Smollett
Youve got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what… — Samantha Morton
Things have changed from the old days when movie studios encouraged stars to partner up for publicity. There's been some pressure from Disney Channel for… — Lucas Grabeel
My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn`t put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys,… — Nastassja Kinski
When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to take many different classes. Piano was one that I really fell in love with. — Noel Fisher
The problem isn't who is in charge. It's what is in charge. The problem is that people are encouraged to function as machines. Or, actually,… — Nick Harkaway
Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman. — John F. Kerry
Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. If they arrive at college with literary ambitions, they should be… — Wallace Stegner
Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many… — Judith Wright
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
You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of… — Helmut Kohl
How many things would be different in everyone’s surroundings if we hadn’t lived? How a good word many have encouraged some fellow and did something… — Rudolf Dreikurs
I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot. I encouraged the Thailand|Thai to help the Khmer Rouge. The question was how to help the Cambodian… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged… — Audre Lorde
I encouraged the cast to make up their own lines. — Lars von Trier
I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books. — Len Deighton
A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to… — Helen Keller
In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the 8 hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous over eating is encouraged so that the… — Lloyd Kaufman
Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it. — Jill Briscoe
Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable… — Cynthia Heimel
I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged. — Antonin Scalia
This case is not about whether marriages between same-sex couples are consistent or inconsistent with the teachings of a particular religion, whether such marriages are… — Unknown Author
I played with dolls until I was 15. My mother encouraged it because my older sister got married when she was 15, so Mom thought… — Linda Evans
The vision is always to point one to God and to Christ our Savior and to give Him the glory for our actions. We are… — Unknown Author
In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in them. . .… — Mark Twain

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