Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lindsay Davenport

I was really encouraged by how the first set went, ... and at the same time, I got a really tight set under my belt. You get nerves whenever a match gets that close, so it was nice to experience that again.

I was once told the fair comes to town once a year, and it's already come and gone. I would just encourage students to get their voice out at every opportunity they have.

I would like to see more involvement because it's a big thing. You can have so many experiences you wouldn't imagine. We have to tell them and encourage them to join.

I would like to encourage students and parents to get excited about the trip because this is a real ministry, and the association has a reputation of outstanding missions.

Dwayne Hickman

I would never recommend it. I have a six-year-old son who wants to be an actor (as well as a vet and an artist) but I would not encourage it.

Anthony Michael Hall

That, we encourage, and I think we're doing a pretty good job with the website and also the DVD, like the first season came out and the second season's being prepared now.

Angelo Dundee

Criticism is okay, encouragement is better!

Alfred Hitchcock

Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

Amy Tan

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.

He was a mentor to me. He always encouraged me to do all I could in school. He told me I had talents. He told me I could do anything I wanted,

Kate Klise

Recent studies have shown that our creativity is increased by 60% when we're walking. I encourage my workshop participants to write at their desks but think on their feet.

Kym Whitley

I encourage people to get a village so that there will always be someone who's like family looking out for your child.

Kevin McCloud

Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives me an opportunity to not just be inside or outside, but in a range of contexts.

Engineering college students should be encouraged to start entrepreneurial ventures in their second year itself. It is safer to fail while in college.

Noah Hawley

Making 'Fargo' for FX has been the highlight of my career. A writer can search his or her whole career for a network partner who truly understands and encourages their vision. For me, the search is over.

Steven Hall

Let's try to find incentives for the development to encourage reclamation and also for the development to encourage minimum surface disturbance. Let's try to structure a plan that encourages industry to be innovative.

One might expect that this female surplus would encourage more men to take second wives, but having two families simultaneously is difficult.

One night she slipped a note in my hotel mailbox. It was a small essay of encouragement and praise from out of the blue.

Jon Kyl

One way that we might encourage others to come forth with potential savings is to demonstrate that we ourselves are willing to forgo this COLA, ... It's a gesture that members of the Senate ought to make.

C. K. Williams

My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.

David Rubenstein

My father worked in a post office and never made probably more than $8,000 a year as an employee of the post office, so when people can rise up from very modest circumstances and do well economically, I think that's a good thing about America, and we should encourage that kind of activity.

Eleanor Porter

What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.

Eleanor Roosevelt

If quitting smoking seems hard right now, it is exactly what you should start doing

Aristotle

Today you can start forming habits for overcoming all obstacles in life... even nicotine cravings

Aristotle

Quitting smoking is rather a marathon than a sprint. It is not a one-time attempt, but a longer effort

Deepak Chopra

Challenges arise to make us aware of our inner purpose.

Deepak Chopra

Everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you've made in the past.

Dionne Warwick

I don't give advice. 90% of the time nobody takes it anyway. I will give encouragement and if asked a question as to how, or why I did certain things and if I think this will help whomever is asking the question I will do this.

Dave Ramsey

Surround yourself with people who add the fuel of advice and encouragement to your fire.

Paul Rice

She always encouraged her kids to do whatever they wanted.

Most organizations do not value imagination, do not encourage it, do not reward it. In many cases, they don't even think about it. But if you're not thinking about imagination, I guarantee you're not going to have meaningful innovation.

MMS must have a leasing plan in place if Virginia seeks to end the moratorium and encourage offshore oil and gas development.

Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.