Joyce Meyer
Author, Speaker
"Don't ever be discouraged with yourself because you have not arrived at success, but instead be pleased that you are pressing toward it."
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Discouraged
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Teresa of Avila
Saint, Mystic, Writer
"If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged."
John F. Kennedy
Politician
"Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed."
Thomas A. Edison
Inventor
"Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."."
Helen Keller
Author, Activist
"It is so pleasant to learn about new things. Every day I find how little I know, but I do not feel discouraged since God has given me an eternity in which to learn more."
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"It really helps if you are doing something you love instead of something you are just spending a bunch of money on. You can become very discouraged if you're not involved in something genuine, something that you believe in, and are committed to."
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"If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers."
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"I was on the whole considerably discouraged by my school days... It is not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the very beginning of the race."
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"That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man."
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"If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don't be discouraged... just be willing to change."
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"Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged."
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"Atheism is a theoretical formulation of the discouraged life."
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"Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience."
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"Don't get discouraged from all the rejection."
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"We can get excited by thinking about what all we have or can have, OR we can get discouraged by thinking about what all we don't have."
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"Fortunately for us and our world, young people are not easily discouraged. The hopes of the world rest on the fresh outlook of young people"
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"...the little man's total obliviousness to all forms of danger somehow made danger so discouraged that it gave up and went away."
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"It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged."
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