#oura

The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work. ↗

— Jim Talent

#down #effectively #gone #many #only

May our eyes focus rightly on Christ ... before the need to please others, before church, and before the busyness of Christian life. Those things will surely have their place, but they will be most valuable if put in their proper position. ↗

— Traci LaRussa

#christ #christian #encouragement #faith #focus

Every man of courage is a man of his word. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#every #every man #his #man #word

In celebration of this Earth Day, I encourage all Members of the House to support legislation aimed at investing in the improvement of water quality in our Nation's lakes, rivers, streams and estuaries. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#celebration #day #earth #earth day #encourage

With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#courage #culture #different world #faith #generations

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#costumes #courage #day #every #every day

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#because #better #better place #eat #encourages

Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development. ↗

— Jim Courier

#development #encourage #intellectual #intellectual development #kind

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ↗

— Noel Coward

#discouraging #few #honesty #how #many

Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#encourage #people #probe #report #them