“Count your garden by the flowers, Never by the leaves that fall.
Count your days by golden hours, Don’t remember clouds at all . . .
Count your nights by stars, not shadows,
Count your life with smiles, not tears.
And all throughout your lifetime, Count your age by friends, not years.”
– Anon.
The is one of the many great words of encouragement quotes which I have kept in my old dogeared scrapbook, long before the advent of personal computers for home users.
“Every wall is a door.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
One life lessons which I have learned is know how to encourage people with words of comfort and affirmation; to make someone feel valued and appreciated. A gentle pat on the shoulder or a slight reassuring squeeze on the hand can really re-enforce your words of encouragement.
The late Walt Disney said that there are three kinds of people in the world today. There are “well-poisoners”, who discourage you and stomp your creativity and tell you what can’t do. Then there are “lawn-movers,” people who are well-intentioned but self-absorbed; they tend to their own needs, mow their own lawns, and never leave their yards to help another person. Finally there are “life-enhancers”, people who reach out to enrich the lives of others, to lift them up and inspire them. We need life-enhancers, and we need to surround ourselves with life-enhancers.
Below I have gathered some words of encouragement quotes which can change your life. It is definitely a good life lesson.
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them”. – Washington Irving
“When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. ” – Samuel Goldwyn
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one”. – Elbert Hubbard
“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Rome was not built in one day”. – Idiom
“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success>’ – Unknown
“Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star.” – Willis Reed
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock
“Fortune favors the brave”. – Publius Terence
“Don’t wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.” – Mary Manin Morrissey
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed”. – Theodore Roosevelt
“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” -Mother Theresa
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds”. – Albert Einstein