Words matter. These are the best Discouragement Quotes from famous people such as Joel Osteen, Robert South, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dale Carnegie, Jane Gardam, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.
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.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.
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.
I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.
Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.
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.
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.
I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it’s disheartening; you don’t want to go on. That’s what I think is hard – the discouragement that comes from seeing what you have done.
I’m dense when it comes to discouragement.
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.
Not many people know my father was an actor. He was the Artful Dodger in ‘Oliver!,’ and was in a film called ‘Frauds,’ too. It’s interesting talking to him about acting, how much you can get turned down, and how not to take that as a discouragement. It’s nice to have that element to relate to for us both.
There has always been discouragement, negativism, and temptation in the world because of Lucifer.
Being alone with fear can rapidly turn into panic. Being alone with frustration can rapidly turn into anger. Being alone with disappointment can rapid turn into discouragement and, even worse, despair.
Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.
