Encouraging quotes
344 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there."
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
"Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day."
"Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky."
"Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength."
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"I don't do great things. I do small things with great love."
"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."
"Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else."
"Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life."
"There are no facts, only interpretations."
"Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming."
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
"Failure is success in progress"
"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."
"Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally."
"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end."
"Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible."
"The next time you lose heart and you can’t bear to experience what you’re feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the way you see it and lean in. Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell ourselves. This is priceless advice that addresses the true cause of suffering—yours, mine, and that of all living beings."
"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."
"Pray, and let God worry."
"Those who do not move, do not notice their chains."
"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you."
"Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny."
"Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now."
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
