encouragement quotes

Encouragement Quotes

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "An

d this, too, shall pass away."

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so

regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”

Alexander Graham Bell

Nine tenths of

education is encouragement.

Anatole France

“There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how

famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.”George Matthew Adams

“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.” Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

“One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of

encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person

helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have

crossed on your own.”

John O’Donohue

“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me,

and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not

forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.”

William Arthur Ward

“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”

William Shakespeare

“God made Truth with many doors to welcome every beliver who knocks on them.”

~Kahlil Gibran