To insist on one's place in the scheme of things and to live up to that place.

Robert Fulghum Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
Categories: character encouragement

It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige. Deeds of kindness, goodwill, and human understanding, planted in fertile soil, spring up into deathless friendship, big deeds of worth, and a memory that will not soon fade out.
George Matthew Adams Soar...If You Dare
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Compliments invite the person who is complimented to embrace a new perception of him or herself. And just as layers and layers of nacre form a pearl over an irritating grain of sand, so compliments collect around us, developing us in all our beauty.
Daphne Rose Kingma The Couple's Comfort Book : A Creative Guide for Renewing Passion, Pleasure & Commitment
Categories: compliments gratitude self-esteem encouragement

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.
Ecclesiaticus 6:16 (Apocrypha) The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Categories: friendship relationships help support encouragement

Man lives more by affirmation than by bread.
Victor Hugo Words for All Occasions
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Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Harvey Mackay "Encouragement more forceful then criticism" by Harvey Mackay, Arizona Republic, 12/6/2000
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
George Herbert Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
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There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
G. K. Chesterton The Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Quotations
Categories: relationships leadership mentoring encouragement appreciation

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Charles Schwab "Encouragement more forceful than criticism" by Harvey Mackay, Arizona Republic, 12/6/2000
Categories: leadership encouragement praise appreciation morale

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
Sir James Barrie Words for All Occasions
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People have a way of becoming what you encourage to them to be -- not what you nag them to be.
Scudder N. Parker Words for All Occasions
Categories: nurturing encouragement parenting marriage friendship

A pilgrimage, after all, is a strenuous undertaking, one in which companionship and support may be pivotal.
Julie Cameron The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart
Categories: change journey growth self-improvement support encouragement

A word spoken in due season, how good it is!
King Solomon Proverbs 15:23
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The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Thomas J. Watson The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
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Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Donald A. Laird The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
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There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium. It will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions.
Martha Graham Creating a Life Worth Living
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To help the young soul, to add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by new thought and firm action, this, though not easy, is the work of divine man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
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