Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nelson Mandela

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

Katherine Mansfield

I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

Margaret Thatcher

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Nothing else matters much...not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.

Henry David Thoreau

We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance.

Friedrich Nietzsche

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Jennifer Granholm

Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken.

George S. Patton

In forty hours I shall be in battle, with little information, and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions. But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help, I shall make them, and make them right.

Hugh Miller

Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.

Jim Harrison

No one else can hold your hand or take this voyage of the soul for you.

Michael Morpurgo

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

Scott Hamilton

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Miranda Kerr

I consider myself a good person. And I think people perceive me to be, 'Oh, she's nice,' but being a good person, knowing your strengths and working towards those strengths, and encouraging those around you to do the same, that's a good person.

Michelle Bachelet

My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot.

Pam Brown

The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy - and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come! But learn from the bewildered baby. Lurch to your feet again. You'll make the sofa in the end.

Seth Godin

Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.

George Bernard Shaw

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.

Grace Slick

My parents were very open about what kind of talent I had. They never pushed me to become an accountant because they knew that would be just absolutely ridiculous. So they were encouraging in what I am able to do with some success.

Hayley Williams

If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.

Joyce Meyer

Turn you situation over to God because He can do more in a moment than you can do in a lifetime.

John C. Maxwell

Never underestimate the power of an encouraging word.

John C. Maxwell

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

Mattie Stepanek

We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.

Plato

Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end.

Paul Weller

It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.

Emily Dickinson

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

James Allen

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Lauryn Hill

Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem!

Lance Armstrong

Live strong is exactly I guess what it says. It's one thing to live, but it's another thing to live strong, to attack the day and attack your life with a whole new attitude. This was a gift for me. I guess before the illness I just lived. Now, after the illness, I live strong.

James Joyce

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Paulo Coelho

If his decision is correct, he will win the battle, even if it lasts longer than expected. If his decision is wrong, he will be defeated and he will have to start all over again-only this time with more wisdom. But once he has started, a warrior of the light perseveres until the end.

Joyce Carol Oates

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true.