#encouragement

The best foundation for relationships to grow, flourish, and succeed is a deep-rooted friendship. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#inspirational #life #love #relationships #friendship

For a permanent solution to easing tension and soothe the rough waters of the world that cause people to go to drugs, drinking, gambling, pornography, overeating, or anything that will give them some temporary relief, you can’t beat the support and encouragement of a friend. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#friendship #life #love #support #friendship

Gentleness towards self and others makes life a little lighter. ↗

— Deborah Day

#friendship #gentleness #kindness #friendship

In a world full of cynics, critics, and competitors, we get to choose instead to be cheerleaders for others. ↗

— Shelley Hendrix

#friendship #humility #identity #identity-in-christ #relationships

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent. ↗

— Steve Martin

#encouragement #humor #steve-martin #humor

Do you consider yourself a blessing or just another person? ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#blessings #books #encouragement #inspirational #life

Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible. ↗

— Hugh B. Brown

#inspirational #inspirational

A lot of our fans are kids who have so little hope in life and face so many dark things. And definitely there are times where you need to feel what they feel, cry with them, rejoice with them. But there comes a point where we have to let them go on their own. We have to hug them and say, ‘We have to believe that you’re going to wake up tomorrow, because if we went through so much stuff and ended up here, the possibilities are endless for you. ↗

— Lacey Sturm

#flyleaf #future #hope #inspirational #mosley

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#leadership #inspirational

I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life. Maybe your childhood was grim and horrible, but grim and horrible is Okay if it is well done. Don't worry about doing it well yet, though. Just get it down. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#child #childhood #encouragement #memoir #memories