“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring tags: encouragement, gandalf 6582 likes like Paulo Coelho “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.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain tags: encouragement, wisdom 1708 likes like C. JoyBell C. “We cant be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you dont have something better.” ― C. JoyBell C. tags: change, changes, courage, encouragement, exploration, growing, inspirational-quotes, letting-go, life-and-living, self-discovery 1191 likes like J.K. Rowling “Dont let the muggles get you down.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban tags: encouragement, muggles, wit 951 likes like Richard Bach “Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.” ― Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah tags: conscience, encouragement, inspiration, life, morality, selfishness, wisdom 572 likes like Ralph Waldo Emerson “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson tags: encouragement, leadership 543 likes like Steve Maraboli “How would your life be different if…You walked away from gossip and verbal defamation? Let today be the day…You speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free tags: encouragement, friends, gossip, inspirational, life, motivational, relationships 521 likes like Joel Osteen “You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.” ― Joel Osteen tags: encouragement, inspiration, victory 306 likes like Steve Martin “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” ― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comics Life tags: comedy, encouragement, humor, steve-martin 301 likes like Karen Marie Moning “Its just that in the Deep South, women learn at a young age that when the world is falling apart around you, its time to take down the drapes and make a new dress.” ― Karen Marie Moning, Faefever tags: encouragement, gone-with-the-wind, humor, inspirational 290 likes like Robert Fulghum “Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...” ― Robert Fulghum tags: encouragement 229 likes like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything. (Letter to A.F. Oeser, Nov. 9, 1768)” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe: Including Letters to His Mother. With Notes and a Short Biography tags: education, encouragement, instruction, learning, school 195 likes like Amy Gatliff “The greatest act of faith some days is to simply get up and face another day.” ― Amy Gatliff tags: encouragement, faith, god, hope, inspirational, power 167 likes like Alfred Tennyson “Come friends, its not too late to seek a newer world.” ― Alfred Tennyson tags: advice, encouragement, hope, inspirational 167 likes like Tyler Perry “You can get a thousand nos from people, and only one yes from God.” ― Tyler Perry tags: encouragement, god, inspirational-quotes, quotes 159 likes like T.F. Hodge “Head up, heart open. To better days!” ― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with The Divine Presence tags: confidence, encouragement, endurance, faith, inspiration, optimism, quotes 142 likes like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Good Poems for Hard Times tags: encouragement, inspirational, work 135 likes like Corallie Buchanan “He is your Father, and His role is to protect you; He will comfort you and guide you. He will feed you; He will carry you when you are weak. He will seek you out when you go astray; He will help you in times of trouble. He will not let your enemies go unpunished; He will cherish you like a father cherishes his daughter. When you fall, He will pick you up; when you don’t understand, He will always understand. When you feel like life is weighing you down, He will lift you up. When you feel like giving up, He will encourage you to keep going. When you are sad, He will lighten your spirits. When you need advice, His line is open 24-7. When you feel unsafe, He will be your safety; when you are worried, He will be an ear to your concerns. When you feel burdened, offer your burden to Him and He will take it. Where you have been burnt, He will make you beautiful; where you hurt, He will heal. Whenever you feel lonely, He will always be with you. Where others have not supported you, He will support you. When you feel discouraged, He will be your encouragement. Where you don’t know, He will tell you when the time is right. When you feel unloved, remember that He has always loved you. You see limitations; God sees opportunities. You see faults; God sees growth. You see problems; God sees solutions. You see limitations; God sees possibilities. You see life; God sees eternity.” ― Corallie Buchanan, Watch Out! Godly Women on the Loose tags: encouragement, god 110 likes like Criss Jami “At first, theyll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more theyll dislike you.” ― Criss Jami tags: arguing, argumentation, avoidance, challenge, challenger, contempt, controversy, correct, debate, debating, denial, despise, dislike, encouragement, ignorance, inspirational, like, logic, offensive, opinions, people, reason, truth, truth-telling 108 likes like John C. Maxwell “Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.” ― John C. Maxwell tags: encouragement, humor, life 98 likes like Morgan Matson “...You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people cant do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. I mean, its just weakness to quit because something becomes too hard...” ― Morgan Matson, Amy and Rogers Epic Detour tags: encouragement, gift, practice, talent 93 likes like Anne Lamott “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that hed had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brothers shoulder, and said, Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life tags: bird-by-bird, breaking-down-assignment, childhood, encouragement, homework, project, project-management, school, time, time-management, writing, writing-advice 93 likes like Amy Carmichael “But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelming thing does not overwhelm. Once more by His interposition deliverance came. We were cast down, but not destroyed.” ― Amy Carmichael tags: christianity, encouragement 80 likes like Gary Chapman “Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouses perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. With verbal encouragement, we are trying to communicate, I know. I care. I am with you. How can I help? We are trying to show that we believe in him and in his abilities. We are giving credit and praise.” ― Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate tags: encouragement, love, marriage, relationships 74 likes like Albert Schweitzer “A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint.” ― Albert Schweitzer tags: encouragement, goodness, inspirational, spiritual-growth 67 likes like Elizabeth Cady Stanton “Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.” ― Elizabeth Cady Stanton tags: encouragement 66 likes like “Never put off writing until you are better at it.” ― Gary Henderson tags: encouragement, improvement, on-writing, writing 63 likes like Deborah Day “Connecting with those you know love, like and appreciate you restores the spirit and give you energy to keep moving forward in this life.” ― Deborah Day, BE HAPPY NOW! tags: appreciation, connections, encouragement, life, love, restoration, spirit 25 likes like “If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you dont, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.” abundance, attraction, consciousness, empower, empowering, empowerment, encouragement, encouraging, enjoyment, excitement, happiness, inspiration, inspirational, joy, love, passion, prosperity, spiritual, spirituality, truth, truths, universal-law, universal-law-of-attraction, uplifting, vitality 24 likes like “Relatives share the same bloodline, but FAMILY shares your successes, pains, ambitions, celebrations, failures, values, love and so much more. I realize that many friends have become Family and some relatives just are not. (Analogy: Blood scatters everywhere, when Family runs together...When I thought I needed Blood to survive, I realized that what I really needed was Family!)” ―
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