#oura

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#attainment #being #coercion #encouragement #forfeiture

We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#community #daily #effect #encourage #held

The budget acknowledges the importance of maintaining our ports and waterways to encourage commercial deep-draft navigation and economic competitiveness. ↗

— Jeff Landry

#commercial #competitiveness #economic #encourage #importance

I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#believe #cease #corrosive #device #encourages

I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite that did not represent to the people that I was not a Minister of the Crown, but that I was a Protestant minister. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#crown #did #gentlemen #honourable #i

Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk. ↗

— John Leguizamo

#came #crew #drunk #encouraged #fun

Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of encouraging laws that are not in contradiction with the Commandments comes within the mission of the Church. ↗

— Karl Lehmann

#church #comes #commandments #contradiction #duty

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist. ↗

— Carl Levin

#afghanistan #armed #armed forces #attacks #courageous

I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet. ↗

— Philip Levine

#encouraged #i #lucky #me #mother

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all. ↗

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#be happy #beyond #courage #expect #gotten