#discourage

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#always #coming #discouraged #ever #feel

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#awe #deprived #discourage #ensue #horrid

There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged. ↗

— Sean Penn

#being ignored #celebrated #discouraged #ignored #lot

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#give #listen #make #many #only

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#average #boy #bus #bus driver #discouragement

We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams. ↗

— Lenny Wilkens

#discourage #dreaming #never #people #should

What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#discouraged #getting #how #i #learned

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important. ↗

— Miriam Makeba

#come #damned #discouraged #encouraged #important

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#best #destroy #discouraged #get #give

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. ↗

— James Whitcomb Riley

#come #determination #discouragement #energy #enthusiasm