#encouragement

What would you think if I told you that, yes, your bad choices and decisions have had a part in your ending up under this pier, but beyond that, under this pier is exactly where you should be in order for a future to occur that you can’t even imagine at this point? ↗

— Andy Andrews

#hard-times #inspirational #imagination

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#encouragement #example #giving #stewardship #stories

In the last twelve years, we have come some distance towards reconciliation and the breaking down of disadvantage. Let us take encouragement from what has been achieved and set our minds and hearts to end the remaining roadblocks. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#been #breaking #come #disadvantage #distance

My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#america #been #belief #board #creativity

What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write... Maybe the deadly notion came from liking to read so much. Maybe I was in love with the image of being a writer. Whatever. It had been a really bad idea. Because I couldn't write, at least not by the bluntly and frequently expressed standards of anyone in a position to offer any encouragement and feedback. ↗

— Paul Di Filippo

#writers #writing #love

There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads. ↗

— Phil Lesh

#encouragement #just #much #really #run

Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever. ↗

— Kevin Smith

#artists-life #creativity #decency #discouragement #encouragement

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. ↗

— Fritz Perls

#dependency #encouragement #especially #everybody #judge

Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are. ↗

— Aberjhani

#encouragement #famous-poets #famous-quotes #fear #inspiration

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #time