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“[The writer] wants both to do the best possible work and also to reach the largest possible audience. The result is a fairly normal condition of discouragement.”

Want Results Audience Conditions Normal Do The Best Discouragement

Book:Writing is Work

Source: Writing is Work

“Greater is he who suffers through the pain and comes through the other side improved. Greater is he who accepts discouragement and keeps forward momentum, never retreating. Greater is he who sees the light at the end of the tunnel and keeps their eye on the light. Greater is he who gets knocked off his feet and gets back up, dusts himself off and gets back in the fight. Life is tough, but you are stronger.”

“[On the camel:] Its weak point is its morale, and it is here that so much depends on its human master. Discouragement is fatal ... it loses heart, sinks by the wayside and dies.”

Humans Heart Dies Loses Masters Depends Weak Discouragement Morale Camels Weak Points

Book:The Gobi Desert

Source: The Gobi Desert

“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.”

Giving Kind Passion Trouble Difficulty Accomplishment Spite Unnecessary Attainment Discouragement

Book: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

Source: 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

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest steppingstones to success. No other element can do so much for a man if he is willing to study them and make capital out of them. Look backward. Can't you see where your failures have helped you?”

Ifs Men Looks Two Can Do Study Willing Elements Discouragement

Author:Dale Carnegie

“An obstacle is not a discouragement. It may become one, but only with our own consent. So long as we refuse to be discouraged, we cannot be discouraged.”

May Long Refuse Obstacles Consent Discouraged Discouragement

Author:Maurice Maeterlinck

“Captain Cuttle, like all mankind, little knew how much hope had survived within him under discouragement, until he felt its death-shock.”

Littles Felt Mankind Words Of Wisdom Shock Captains Survived Discouragement

Book:Dombey and Son

Source: Dombey and Son

“And though behind you lies a road of dust and heat and discouragement, and before you the challenge and uncertainty of untried paths, in this brief hour you are master of all highways, and the universe nestles in your soul.”

Soul Lying Universe Hours Challenges Behinds Path Masters Dust Your Soul Uncertainty Heat Highways Behind You Discouragement

Author:Max Ehrmann

“A people may prefer a free government, but if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an individual, they can be induced to lay their liberties at the feet of even a great man, or trust him with powers to subvert their institutions, in all these cases they are unfit for liberty.”

Source: On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays

“The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.”

People World Persons Ideas Laughing Laughter Negative Roots Oneself Distrust Discouragement Deep Roots

Author:Democritus

“Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.”

People Jesus Despair Trapped Discouragement Proximity Christian Service

Book:Indescribable: Encountering the Glory of God in the Beauty of the Universe

Source: Indescribable: Encountering the Glory of God in the Beauty of the Universe

“We don't always know the details of our future. We do not know what lies ahead. We live in a time of uncertainty. We are surrounded by challenges on all sides. Occasionally discouragement may sneak in to our day; frustration may invite itself into our thinking; doubt might enter about the value of our work. In these dark moments Satan whispers in our ears that we will never be able to succeed, that the price isn't work the effort, and that our small part will never make a difference. He, the father of all lies, will try to prevent us from seeing the end from the beginning.”

“Wait and see whether the religion of the Servile State is not in every case what I say: the encouragement of small virtues supporting capitalism, the discouragement of the huge virtues that defy it.”

States Waiting Cases Virtue Huge Capitalism Encouragement Discouragement

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“By the age of 3, children from wealthier households hear, on average, about 500,000 encouragements and 80,000 discouragements. The ratio is reversed in households on welfare.”

Children Age Encouragement Average Welfare Household Discouragement Ratios

Author:Jonah Lehrer

“The Negro cannot stand the present reactionary tendencies and unreasoning drawing of the color line indefinitely without discouragement and retrogression. And the condition of the Negro is ever the cause for further discrimination.”

Causes Lines Conditions Color Drawing Discrimination Tendencies Discouragement Reactionaries

Book:Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Source: Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

“Every step toward Christ kills a doubt. Every thought, word, and deed for Him carries you away from discouragement.”

Men War Age Religion Christ Steps Courage Doubt Military Deeds Carrie Every Step Discouragement

Author:Theodore L. Cuyler

“God allows us to dace difficulties so that our faith will be stretched and refined. The trials we face provide an excellent opportunity for us to declare our dependence on God and not on ourselves. The way we win the battle with discouragement is by humbling ourselves before God and telling Him that we need Him. There is only one way to do this, and it is through prayer.”

Way Needs Faces Faith Opportunity Winning Religious Prayer Battle Difficulty Trials One Way Excellent Dependence Refined Discouragement Humbling Dependence On God

Author:Charles Stanley

“Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.”

Creativity Teacher Flower Praise Appreciation Delicate Autism Bud Discouragement Creativity In Education Delicate Flower

Author:Samuel Butler

“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.”

“With the help of the Lord, you can handle life's challenges and heartaches, even the valley of the shadow of death. What comfort your fainting heart has, knowing that in those stumbling times of discouragement and despair, of depletion and seeming defeat, the Shepherd will find you...restore and "fix" you...and follow you...until you are well on your way.”

Source: Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart: The Power of God's Restoration and Healing

“Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.”

Source: Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02

“Don't ever give up. You can't let discouragement get you down. You can always find negative people that will try to discourage you from your goals. You can't be discouraged, and you can't let the word "no" stop you.”

People Giving Trying Goal Giving Up Negative Discouraged Discouraging Discouragement Negative People Don't Ever Give Up

Author:Paula Deen

“Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.”

“There is such a thing as seduction, and it needs encouragement rather than discouragement in our puritanical Anglo-American world.”

World Needs Encouragement Seduction Discouragement Need Encouragement

Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays

Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays

“Nothing marks so much the solid advancement of a soul, as the view of one's wretchedness without anxiety and without discouragement.”

Soul Views Anxiety Mark Advancement Discouragement Wretchedness

Author:Francois Fenelon

“All of us are prone to excuse our own mediocre performance. We blame our misfortunes, our disfigurements, our so-called handicaps. Victims of our own rationalization, we say silently to ourselves, 'I'm just too weak,' or 'I'm not cut out for better things.' Others soar beyond our meager accomplishments. Envy and discouragement take their toll. .”

Cutting Weak Performances Victim Blame Excuse Envy Accomplishment Misfortunes Mediocre Soar Discouragement Tolls Handicaps Disfigurement

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“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.”

Ifs Knows Fighting Battle Weapons Tools Chiefs Satan Holiness Introspection Discouraged Discouragement Accusers

Book:The Pursuit of Holiness

Source: The Pursuit of Holiness

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

Despair Expectations Fruit Disappointment Bitter Discouragement

Author:Guy Finley

“Our free trade plan is quite simple. We say that every [citizen] shall have the right to buy whatever he wants, wherever he wants, at his own good pleasure, without restriction or discouragement from the state.”

Want States Simple Pleasure Plans Citizens Trade Restriction Discouragement Free Trade

Author:Winston Churchill

“Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord. If we look only at ourselves, with our own limitations and sins, we quickly give way to sadness and discouragement. But if we keep our eyes fixed on the Lord, then our hearts are filled with hope, our minds are washed n the light of truth, and we come to know the fullness of the Gospel with all is promise and life.”

Ifs Knows Way Giving Mind Looks Heart Light Eye Turns Prayer Sin Attention Lord Sadness Promise Filled Limitation Fixed Changing Your Life Fullness Discouragement

Author:Pope John Paul II

“Discouragement is an attitude.”

Attitude Discouragement

Author:Sterling W Sill

“A lot of my work deals with this emotion of discouragement or fear, and this emotion cannot be approached without humor because then things become indigestible. You don't want to eat them; you don't want to be in contact with them.”

Want Deals Emotion Contact Discouragement

Author:Camille Henrot

“Out-of-whack emotions are always a good beginning point for identifying beliefs that aren't really true, an easy red flag for our inquiry. Exaggerated emotions of anxiety or discouragement invite us to trace them back to the thoughts that are creating them.”

Belief Easy Emotion Anxiety Creating Red Invites Flags Inquiry Discouragement Exaggerated Identifying Really True Red Flags

Author:Virginia H. Pearce

“You can be whatever you want to be. Don't let discouragement take you down.”

Want Discouragement

Author:Fawad Afzal Khan

“The plant is blind but it knows enough to keep pushing upwards towards the light, and it will continue to do this in the face of endless discouragements.”

Knows Enough Light Faces Blind Plant Endless Pushing Discouragement

Author:George Orwell

“Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.”

Contagious Discouragement

Author:Max Anders

“Character is proportionate to N, the number of consecutive failures without being discouraged, or equivalently, the number of successive rejections without being intimidated.”

Character Numbers Rejection Discouraged Intimidated Discouragement Intimidation Consecutive Proportionality

Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“So today we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever experienced, every sorrow we have ever known, every discouragement we have ever had, every fear we have ever faced-to say nothing of our resurrection from death and forgiveness for our sins. That victory is available to us because of events that transpired on a weekend precisely like this nearly two millennia ago in Jerusalem.”

Two Today Fall Sin Known Events Victory Sorrow Available Celebrate Weekend Resurrection Discouragement Jerusalem

Author:Jeffrey R. Holland

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. When you're afraid, keep your mind on what you have to do...if you have been thoroughly prepared, you will not be afraid. We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.”

“I allow myself to have my feelings of disappointment and discouragement, but never to sit and wallow in them. I meditate on positive energy, goals, and long-term happiness. Life has its ups and downs, so to expect otherwise is setting yourself up for disappointment.”

Long Feelings Energy Goal Term Disappointment Setting Settings Long Term Ups & Downs Life Happiness Discouragement Positive Energy

Author:Tim Matheson

“I allow myself to have my feelings of disappointment and discouragement, but never to sit and wallow in them.”

Feelings Disappointment Discouragement

Author:Tim Matheson

“The Thorn and the Blossom isn't just a love story. It's about two people who decide what they actually want to do artistically, despite discouragement. In some ways, that's just as important as the romance.”

People Way Want Two Important Stories Romance Love Story Despite Discouragement

Author:Theodora Goss

“I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.”

Writing Wells Real Wanted Found My Own Boys Talent Ignorance Average Outcomes Drivers Bus Unlikely Discouragement Hoe Real Talent Bus Driver

Author:Garrison Keillor

“One of the things I tell young people - and older people too - is that when things don't happen that you want, don't drown in discouragement. We say, "Oh, this didn't happen, so nothing good will happen." Don't barricade yourself.”

People Want Happens Young Good Will Discouragement Older People Barricades

Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos

“Happiness is about what happens to you; and, to an extent, it's dependent on your circumstances, your behaviors, and your attitudes. But the joy of Christ is much, much bigger. The joy of Christ is about relationship with a person. It's something you have access to, but it's also something you must choose. Christian joy shows up not only in the happy times but also in times of trial and discouragement.”

Christian Joy Christ Attitude Circumstances Behavior Discouragement

Author:David Jeremiah

“Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.”

Suffering Evil Forever Grace Journey Loneliness Sorrow Horror Gods Will Kingdoms Conquer Kingdom Of God Discouragement

Author:Brennan Manning

“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.”

Past Speak Forget Doubt Achievement Difficulty Track Painful Discouragement Forget The Past

Author:Ethel Barrymore

“Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.”

Soul Disappointment Discouragement

Author:Joyce Meyer

“I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life's not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.”

Ifs Thinking Inspirational Believe Bigs Faces I Believe Fairs Tests Bases Gods Will Right Thing Where You Are Doing The Right Thing Discouragement

Author:Joel Osteen

“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.”