Famous Quotes & Sayings

Isaac Asimov

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

Francis Quarles

They who cannot be induced to fear for love will never be enforced to love for fear. Love opens the heart, fear shuts it; that encourages, this compels; and victory meets encouragement, but flees compulsion.

Esther Hicks

If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite different. When you are looking for a solution, you are feeling positive emotion, but when you are looking at a problem, you are feeling negative emotion.

Erwin W. Lutzer

Everything that God brings into our life is directed to one purpose: that we might be conformed to the image of Christ.

Jean Houston

I believe that we are stewards of a time that is upon us - but often we need the encouragement of each other to be able to wake up to this extraordinary time and possibility.

Christopher Lasch

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

George Carey

And here at our Anglican Consultative Council, we have many reports of growth and great encouragement.

Christopher Eccleston

Thank you to everybody who voted for me, and to the British public for their encouragement over the last 17 years

Christine O'Donnell

Thank you, Governor [Sarah] Palin, for your endorsement. Because she got behind. She got behind us war-weary folks and gave us a boost of encouragement when we needed it. And she was a vote against the politics of personal destruction.

George Porter

Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.

Pause and remember - Stop mentally abusing yourself. Stop agonizing over your past mistakes and worrying about the future. Life is hard enough without the added fear, panic and anxiety. Your soul is crying out for love and encouragement. Take a moment to breathe deep, get present and find some compassion for yourself. Then, go out and treat yourself right; pamper yourself and take care of your needs. You are worth it!

Jeremy Lin

Having small group once a week gives me a lot of encouragement and accountability. Even though I go to church, I don't really know many people there, but my real community is my small group.

Jeremy Collier

What sun is there within us that shoots his rays with so sudden a vigor? To see the soul flash in the face at this rate one would think would convert an atheist. By the way, we may observe that smiles are much more becoming than frowns. This seems a natural encouragement to good-humor; as much as to say, if people have a mind to be handsome, they must not be peevish and untoward.

Harper Lee

I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected.

Harper Lee

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

Howard Gardner

My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board.

Felix Adler

We stand, as it were, on the shore, and see multitudes of our fellow beings struggling in the water, stretching forth their arms, sinking, drowning, and we are powerless to assist them.

Fanny Burney

She [Evelina] is not, indeed, like most modern young ladies; to be known in half an hour; her modest worth, and fearful excellence, require both time and encouragement to show themselves.

Francis Bacon

The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists.

If he's not stretched out, that's going to be an issue. But we can't request a guy not go. I encourage him to go. Let's take the high road here. This might be a good thing for the young man. He's going to be around very competitive baseball, and hopefully he'll get very meaningful innings.

Ravi Teja

I can't work with people who aren't fun loving. I don't encourage such people.

Winston Churchill

I don't see why not, young man. You look reasonably fit to me.

Gary Williams

I am proud of our guys, because we were in it until the end. N.C. State is a good team, with lots of veterans, and we stayed tough and I am very encouraged about that.

Julia Glass

I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing.

Jerome Isaac Friedman

The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to make any sacrifice to further our intellectual development.

Jim Evans

I had a great first year and Mr. MacDonald was my biggest supporter. He gave me the encouragement I needed that first year to get my career started on a positive note.

Jim Abbott

I benefited from tremendous encouragement as a kid. So many people reached out to me, helped me, and believed in me even when I didn't always believe in myself.

Jill Abramson

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

Jesse Helms

I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.

And we want to encourage everyone to come out in costume.

Orrin Hatch

encourages Y2K problem-solving, rather than encouraging a rush to the courthouse.

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

Jonathan Knight

Everybody encourages everybody else. You can still have an impact even when you don't get into the game every night.