No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant. (Quote by - Amy Tan)

You shouldn't focus on why you can't do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions. (Quote by - Steve Case)

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. (Quote by - Maya Angelou)

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. (Quote by - James Baldwin)

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. They imagined me going to the best schools in the land, even though they weren't rich, because in a generous America you don't have to be rich to achieve your potential. (Quote by - Barack Obama)

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. (Quote by - Nelson Mandela)

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. (Quote by - Norman Vincent Peale)

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise. (Quote by - Robert Martin)

I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is never trying. (Quote by - Jeff Bezos)

This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching the Flame, which was on hold for two years and went through a few publishers before finding a stable home. (Quote by - Paul Kane)

Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them. (Quote by - Hugh Miller)

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. (Quote by - Wallace Stegner)

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. (Quote by - Nelson Mandela)

I always win, I'm cursed to win. (Quote by - Silvio Berlusconi)

In my father's language: "To create something out of nothing." That possibility exists in India even in old-world sectors like agriculture. (Quote by - Mukesh Ambani)

If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race. (Quote by - Oprah Winfrey)

We live by encouragement and die without it slowly, sadly, angrily. (Quote by - Celeste Holm)

We need to give people more of an incentive to work, to save, to invest, to create a true future for themselves. (Quote by - Suze Orman)

Never give in.. never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force.. never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. (Quote by - Winston Churchill)

For a person to become deeply involved in any activity it is essential that he knows precisely what tasks he must accomplish, moment by moment. (Quote by - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)

Thoreau said: I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor That is not only an encouraging statement, it is also an empowering one. It means you can accomplish a lot by applying your brainpower and then moving forward with it. (Quote by - Donald Trump)

I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire life. (Quote by - Dale Carnegie)

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. (Quote by - Carl Jung)

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. (Quote by - George Soros)

If people maintain the belief systems that empower them, they'll keep coming back with enough action and enough resourcefulness to succeed eventually. (Quote by - Tony Robbins)