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• Women ... have long been discouraged from the awareness and forthright expression of anger. Sugar and spice are the ingredients from which we are made. We are the nurturers, the soothers, the peacemakers, and the steadiers of rocked boats.

  Harriet Lerner

  Women, Expression, Long

  Harriet Lerner (2014). “The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• Being a girl, my parents could have discouraged me from racing ... but my family has such a passion and so much confidence in me, and that goes a long way.

  Danica Patrick

  Girl, Passion, Long

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• The best way to ensure success is to start growing today. No matter where you may be starting from, don't be discouraged; everyone who got where he is started where he was.

  John C. Maxwell

  Growing, May, Matter

  John C. Maxwell (2002). “Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here”, p.99, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Don't be discouraged if you think you're not a great writer because terrible writers are successful in Hollywood

  David Seltzer

  Successful, Thinking, Hollywood

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• No matter how discouraged I get from the people who are being appointed in this next administration, how discouraged I feel to know that I will no longer have folks who look like me and share in my vision, I am encouraged by what I think that this particular time period and this particular election season will inspire in the next generation and the current generation of freedom fighters.

  Janet Mock

  Thinking, People, Inspire

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution.

  Albert Einstein

  Strong, Attitude, Character

  Speech made in honor of Thomas Mann, January 1939.

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• There’s a tendency for young people to get discouraged and frustrated easily. But don’t be afraid to fail. In many ways, we learn so much more from our failures than our successes. Remind yourself that failure is nothing more than a means to a greater end. Bide your time, learn from your mistakes, and lead by example. If you believe in what you’re doing, it will show.

  Anna Maria Chavez

  Mistake, Believe, Mean

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• The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Thinking, Littles

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• People get discouraged. They should remember, from me, it takes courage not to be discouraged.

  Benjamin B. Ferencz

  People, Remember

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• The beginner should not be discouraged if he finds he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites.

  Paul Halmos

  Reading, Doe, Beginners

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• We must never be discouraged or give way to anxiety. . . but ever have recourse to the adorable Heart of Jesus.

  Margaret Mary Alacoque

  Jesus, Heart, Adorable

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• I've taken my bumps and bruises, but you've got to be willing to get knocked down and pick yourself up. You can't get discouraged. You can't lose sight of what your goals are.

  Jermaine O'Neal

  Taken, Sight, Goal

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• Introspection can easily become the tool of Satan, who is called the accuser. One of his chief weapons is discouragement. He knows that if he can make us discouraged and dispirited we will not fight the battle for holiness.

  Jerry Bridges

  Fighting, Battle, Tools

  Jerry Bridges (1996). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, NavPress Publishing Group

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• I am never lonely or discouraged or tired. When you live in constant communion with God, you cannot be lonely. When you perceive the working of God's wonderful plan and know that all good effort bears good fruit, you cannot be discouraged. When you have found inner peace, you are in contact with the source of universal energy and cannot be tired.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Lonely, Tired, Effort

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• I sometimes am discouraged by what seems to be a sort of conventional disparagement of humankind. I think often people feel that they are doing something moral when they are doing that, but that's not how I understand morality. I much prefer the "everyone is sacred, and everybody errs" model of reality.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Reality, Thinking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life's marketplace. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  One Day, Needs, Helping

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.205, Beacon Press

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• The gospel shows us that our spiritual problem lies not only in failing to obey God, but also in relying on our obedience to make us fully acceptable to God, ourselves and others. Every kind of character flaw comes from this natural impulse to be our own saviour through our own performance and achievement. On the one hand, proud and disdainful personalities come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are succeeding. But on the other hand, discouraged and self loathing personalities also come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are failing.

  Timothy Keller

  Spiritual, Lying, Character

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• We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation.

  Dalai Lama

  Determination, Motivation, Optimism

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• I think America causes cancer, longevity is less important than fun, and young people should be discouraged from voting.

  Bill Maher

  Fun, Cancer, Thinking

  "Politically Incorrect" by Ken Tucker, www.ew.com. June 7, 2002.

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• Don’t be discouraged by the size of your network – inspire one person and you are doing good.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Inspire, Size, Doing Good

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• A lot of the time, people want to hear from someone like myself. They want to give it a shot. It's challenging, and it's driven me more than discouraged me.

  Archie Panjabi

  People, Giving, Challenges

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere.

  Magha

  Wise, Men, Persevere

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• Thousands of salespeople are pounding the pavements today, tired, discouraged and underpaid. Why? Because they are always thinking only of what they want. They don't realize that neither you nor I want to buy anything. If we did, we would go out and buy it. But both of us are eternally interested in solving our problems. And if salespeople can show us how their services or merchandise will help us solve our problems, they won't need to sell us. We'll buy. And customers like to feel that they are buying - not being sold.

  Dale Carnegie

  Tired, Thinking, Want

  Dale Carnegie, General Press (2016). “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, p.47, GENERAL PRESS

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• Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Lonely, Writing, Research

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• The truth is that the materialistic paternalism of the present day, if allowed to go on unchecked, will rapidly make of America one huge "Main Street," where spiritual adventure will be discouraged and democracy will be regarded as consisting in the reduction of all mankind to the proportions of the narrowest and least gifted of the citizens. God grant that there may come a reaction, and that the great principles of Anglo-Saxon liberty may be rediscovered before it is too late!

  John Gresham Machen

  Spiritual, Adventure, America

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