#oura

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant. ↗

— Amy Tan

#because #discouragement #encouragement #family #fiction

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future. ↗

— Jim Talent

#discouraging #families #foundation #future #hurting

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#anything #attempt #had #life #would

I'd like to do a television show that is encouraging, useful, and clean, and I'd like to go up against Entertainment Tonight and beat it. ↗

— John Tesh

#beat #clean #encouraging #entertainment #go

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense. ↗

— William Hague

#common #common sense #country #encouraging #independence

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#brave #courage #esteemed #hence #highly

Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him. ↗

— Daniel H. Hill

#fear #gloomy #god #him #ideas

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#strength-and-courage #courage

If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. ↗

— John Irving

#courage

Optimism is the foundation of courage. ↗

— Nicholas M. Butler

#foundation #optimism