Encouragement quotes
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"Seek the outstanding mental conflict in the person, give him the remedy that will overcome that conflict and all the hope and encouragement you can, then the virtue within him will, itself do all the rest."
"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."
"Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change."
"The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of the universe loves you, sent His Son to die for your sins; that's very empowering. Knowing Him and knowing that He loves me gives me encouragement and confidence to move forward."
"Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal."
"If it is bread that you seek, you will have bread. If it is the soul you seek, you will find the soul. If you understand this secret, you know you are that which you seek."
"We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon as one comes upon the horizon and once we have attached ourselves to that star we must keep our eyes on it and our hands upon the plow. It is the consistency of the pursuit of the highest possible vision that you can find in front of you that gives you the constancy, that gives you the encouragement, that gives you the way to understand where you are and why it's important for you to do what you can do."
"Each of us has much more hidden inside us than we have had a chance to explore. Unless we create an environment that enables us to discover the limits of our potential, we will never know what we have inside of us."
"Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them."
"The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists."
"Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman."
"I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions."
"God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope."
"If people are kicking you in the behind, at least you're in front of them."
"Whether joy or sorrow, pain or pleasure; whatsoever may befall thee, accept it serenely with an unvanquished heart."
"You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action."
"To fly we have to have resistance."
"Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you."
"Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement."
"Imagine, as realistically as possible, the place where you want to be in the near future, the state you wish to reach and the Universe will help you and guide you"
