Inspirational Words of Encouragement
We've selected the very best inspirational words of encouragement from a huge number of sources. Here are the greatest encouragement quotes, from some of the most inspirational people who have ever lived, including Henry David Thoreau, Norman Vincent Peale, the Talmud, and Mark Twain.
Inspirational Words of Encouragement from Norman Vincent Peale:
"Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself... Nothing is impossible!"
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
"Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it."
"Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. "
"Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do."
"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's."
"Leap and the net will appear. "
"Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will."
"A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure."
"Use what talent you possess:
the woods would be very silent
if no birds sang except those that sang best.
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"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."
"Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, `Grow, grow.'"
"Instruction does much, but encouragement everything."
" Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. "
