Quotes on Discouragement from Quotes for the Journey!

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Discouragement

Develop success from failures.
Discouragement and failure are two of
the surest stepping stones to success.
Dale Carnegie



Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into
manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement comes apparent failure and discouragement.       -Florence Scovel Shinn



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.       -unattributed



When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.        -St. Therese of Lisieux



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.      -James Whitcomb



Yes, people will discourage you, often unintentionally. But what do we do with that discouragement? Do we take it to heart and allow it to stop us from reaching our ultimate goal of spreading love, or do we polish it up and put it on a shelf with the rest of our discouragements, and move on with our lives, continuing to work towards our goals?       -Tom Walsh



History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.       -Bertie Charles Forbes

Discouragement often is a result of listening to people who have their own best interests planned for your life.       -Doug Firebaugh





Let your discouragement have its five minutes in the sun, but even as you do so keep in mind that you soon will overcome it and return to a more positive state. No matter what anyone may do to discourage us, no matter what may happen, we know that our value isn't found in what others think of us or what others do to us, nor in the things that we "accomplish" or the number of material goods in our homes. Our value is found in who we are and what we do with that, and if we can continually encourage ourselves, our discouragement will have less space in which to live and grow.       -Tom Walsh







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