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

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations
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If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning...The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living.
Marion Woodman from the essay "Soul Moments" Handbook for the Soul
Categories: soul self-nurturing spirituality life meaning creativity living

Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
Barbara Sher Live the Life You Love : In Ten Easy Step-By Step Lessons
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