Discouragement Quotes - Page 2

• Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

  Robert South

  Motivation, Failure, Defeat

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• I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

  Charles Dickens

  Romantic Love, Expectations, Promise

  1860-1 Great Expectations, ch.29.

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• In the gospel of Jesus Christ you have help from both sides of the veil, and you must never forget that. When disappointment and discouragement strike--and they will--you remember and never forget that if our eyes could be opened we would see horses and chariots of fire as far as the eye can see riding at reckless speed to come to our protection. They will always be there, these armies of heaven, in defense of Abraham's seed.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Jesus, Horse, Disappointment

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• One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father.

  Lincoln Ellsworth

  Determination, Father, Names

  Lincoln Ellsworth (1938). “Beyond Horizons”, New York, Book League of America

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• Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it.

  Mary Astell

  Passion, Giving, Accomplishment

  John Norris, Mary Astell (1705). “Letters concerning the love of God, between the author of the Proposal to the ladies, and Mr. John Norris: wherein his late discourse, showing that it ought to be intire and exclusive of all other loves, is further cleared and justified”, p.53

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• Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Positive, Perseverance

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• In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own protection, and I'm really close to them now, but they didn't understand that there is value in this. That's because they didn't know.

  Sandra Oh

  Parent, Asian, Goes On

  Sandra Oh moves from 'Sideways' to TV, www.today.com. March 22, 2005.

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• A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds

  Ahmad ibn Ajiba

  Faith, Wisdom, Religious

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• Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

  Florence Scovel Shinn

  Success, Courage, Work

  Florence Scovel Shinn, Laura Berman Fortgang (2015). “The Complete Game of Life and How to Play It: The Classic Text with Commentary, Study Questions, Action Items, and Much More”, p.15, Hampton Roads Publishing

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• Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.

  Guy Finley

  Disappointment, Expectations, Despair

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• Every Christian who struggles with depression struggles to keep their hope clear. There is nothing wrong with the object of their hope - Jesus Christ is not defective in any way whatsoever. But the view from the struggling Christian's heart of their objective hope could be obscured by disease and pain, the pressures of life, and by Satanic fiery darts shot against them... All discouragement and depression is related to the obscuring of our hope, and we need to get those clouds out of the way and fight like crazy to see clearly how precious Christ is.

  John Piper

  Depression, Christian, Jesus

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• The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Perfection, Great Expectations

  Charles Dickens (2010). “Great Expectations: With an Introduction and Contemporary Criticism”, p.280, Ignatius Press

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• When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!

  T. B. Joshua

  Fighting, Dig Deep

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  The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'

  Billy Graham

  Life, Faith, Forgiveness

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• Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts.

  Eric Hoffer

  Track, Achievement, Doubt

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.

  Ethel Barrymore

  Past, Track, Achievement

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• The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

  James Whitcomb Riley

  Motivational, Perseverance, Determination

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• Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.

  Francois Fenelon

  Love, Self, Knowing Who You Are

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• I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

  Lynn Abbey

  Dense

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• 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.

  Amy Tan

  Encouragement, Thinking, Fiction

  "Author of The Joy Luck Club". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.

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• Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.

  Bruno Bettelheim

  Love, Children, Disappointment

  Bruno Bettelheim (1988). “A Good Enough Parent: A Book on Child-rearing”, Vintage

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• Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Connections, Different, Literature

  F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L. W. West (2005). “Fitzgerald: My Lost City: Personal Essays, 1920-1940”, p.147, Cambridge University Press

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• Discouragement itself is a form of pride.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Faith, Inspiration, Pride

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• Discouragement is of all ages: In youth it is a presentiment, in old age a remembrance.

  Honore de Balzac

  Failure, Remembrance, Age

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• What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Perseverance, Fighting

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.136, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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