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  Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something

  Maria Montessori

  Conviction, Source

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• It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.

  Francois Guizot

  Heart, Numbers, Triumph

  François Guizot (1846). “The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution”, p.134

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• We can cross the rivers of doubt and discouragement on the bridge of faith even before we get to them

  Sterling W Sill

  Inspirational, Positive, Courage

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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its dark sleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave. Drop all such sorrow permanently by daring to see through this deception of the unconscious mind. You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today

  Guy Finley

  Bad Day, Dark, Dwelling

  Guy Finley (1994). “Freedom From the Ties That Bind: The Secret of Self Liberation”, p.13, BookBaby

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• Disappointments will come and go, but discouragement is a choice that you make.

  Charles Stanley

  Disappointment, Choices, Discouraging

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• Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor in season and out of season, under every discouragement... that requires a heroism which is transcendent.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Truth, Work, Men

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher”, p.529

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• It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

  Noel Coward

  Honesty, Lying, People

  Noel Coward (1979). “Plays, four”, Methuen Drama

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• Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Success, Money, Attitude

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.87, Wildside Press LLC

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• In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Adversity, Stronger, Way

  "Come What May, and Love It". www.lds.org. October 2008.

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• Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

  Max Anders

  Contagious

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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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• When you face discouragement, you can do one of two things, and the one you choose will color your perspective. You can look at others to place the blame, or you can look at yourself to discover your opportunities. The choice is yours.

  John C. Maxwell

  Encouragement, Opportunity, Color

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “The Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset”, p.68, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible.

  Robert Fitzgerald

  Encouragement, Needs, Facts

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• The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

  John Stott

  Christian, Hazards, Chiefs

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• There is no greater illness than discouragement!

  Yisroel Salanter

  Anticipation, Illness, Greater

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• God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it is not from God. He sometimes brings pain to his children-conviction over sin, or repentance over fallenness, or challenges that scare us, or visions of his holiness that overwhelm us. But God never brings discouragement.

  John Ortberg

  Children, Pain, Train Of Thought

  John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.201, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Courage, Motivation

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• I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think, and now I know a great secret of life, for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements , and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise.

  Og Mandino

  Eye, Opportunity, Thinking

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.58, Bantam

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• Stopping before you reach the goal does not make the discouragement go away. All it does is make the discouragement permanent. Instead, keep going, keep making the attempt, until you make that last, fulfilling attempt that brings the success you desire.

  Ralph Marston

  Goal, Going Away, Desire

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• If we were humble, nothing would change us-neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged. If someone would praise us, we also would not feel proud.

  Mother Teresa

  Humble, Proud, Praise

  Mother Teresa (1996). “In My Own Words”

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• Discouragement is an attitude.

  Sterling W Sill

  Attitude

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• Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.

  Joel Osteen

  Grateful, Heart, Roots

  Twitter post from Jun 10, 2015

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• Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to pessimism and discouragement. We have the firm certainty that the Holy Spirit gives the Church with His mighty breath, the courage to persevere and also to seek new methods of evangelization, to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Courage

  "Vatican denies claim that Pope Francis failed to protect Argentina priests" By Laura Smith-Spark, Hada Messia, www.cnn.com. March 15, 2013.

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