#encouraged

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people. ↗

— Wilma Mankiller

#consider #decisions #encouraged #future #generations

I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!' ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#atrocious #cause #crowd #encouraged #going

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged. ↗

— Ovid

#encouraged #even #faster #horse #own

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. ↗

— Robert Powell

#boy #educate #encouraged #himself #instead

As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think, 'Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.' ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#each #early #encouraged #feel #grateful

I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I said - well, I didn't have any money. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#also #any #army #brother #encouraged

Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#advantage #born #daughter #dictates #drive

You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#books #doing #doing the right thing #down #eating

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#become #competitive #disagreeable #encouraged #many

In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#africa #apartheid #around #corporate #could