#oura

I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive. ↗

— Judy Collins

#always #encouraged #father #great #had

Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#encouragement #fact #few #in fact #maybe

I do not want to impose additional taxes on the employers at a time when our economy is very fragile and we want to encourage them to hire. ↗

— Susan Collins

#economy #employers #encourage #fragile #hire

If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it. ↗

— Jeff Flake

#back #balanced #balanced budget #balanced budget amendment #benefits

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. ↗

— Confucius

#faced #lack #leave #right #shows

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#confessed #consciousness #courage #display #endurance

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage. ↗

— Barbara Cook

#communicate #courage #does #even #four

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#cannot #discourage #ever #failures #had

If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#competition #encourages #his #knocked #out

Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#beautiful #chat #companionship #connection #courageous