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Encouraged, we recognise the importance of living artistically, aesthetically and creatively as creative creatures of the creator. -- Edith Schaeffer
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In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. -- Robert Powell
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged. -- Ovid
My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist. -- Kurt Cobain
Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status. -- Nelson Mandela
Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too. -- Bai Ling
I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is all even Tiger says he tries to do. -- Stuart Appleby
When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference. -- Zig Ziglar
I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy. -- Malala Yousafzai
I've always valued and encouraged teamwork, and that collaborative spirit of we versus I is core to Intuit's success. Innovation has been part of Intuit's DNA for nearly 30 years. -- Brad D. Smith
America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. -- James Madison
I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That's what I want for my son. -- Charlize Theron
There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society. -- Ben Carson
Like most early enthusiasts, I always thought the way the Internet encouraged multitasking made users less vulnerable to manipulation, while simultaneously exploiting even more of our brain's capacity than before. Apparently not. -- Douglas Rushkoff
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. -- Ansel Adams
Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself. -- John Sununu
I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong. -- Paulo Coelho
John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do. -- Caroline Kennedy
If you're in a workplace you don't like right now, be encouraged because God will use it for your good. Think about it this way: He wants you to be a light in the darkness - and He's putting His confidence in you! -- Joyce Meyer
The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative. -- Elon Musk
I have been very encouraged by President Obama's call to action on climate change both at his Inauguration and in the State of the Union Address. This is a global imperative. I also welcome President Obama's intention to pursue reductions in nuclear arsenals. -- Ban Ki-moon
You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society. -- Samantha Morton
My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail. -- Sara Blakely
As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they encouraged constant trips to the local drugstore for chocolate milk shakes to fatten me up. The shakes made me happy, but still, all through grammar school, other kids shoved me around. -- James D. Watson
I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but I was kind of a momma's boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. -- Sugar Ray Leonard
I will say a lot of dancers do such beautiful things for their body and then they smoke a cigarette. I've never been a smoker, but I realized after taking yoga . . . in ballet you're not encouraged to do a lot of breathing. I think in a weird way, a lot of dancers find relief in actually breathing. -- Elizabeth Berkley
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind? -- Emilie Autumn
Be greatly encouraged! -- Lailah Gifty Akita
My parents really encouraged me. -- Randy Castillo
Great souls encouraged us to be great. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
A budding writer wants to be encouraged. -- Chinua Achebe
Be encouraged! You can fulfil your dream. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
When it comes to death, procrastination is encouraged. -- D.E. Navarro
Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians. -- Daniel Pipes
Be greatly encouraged! You will fulfil your dream. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
To young people: you have to stay encouraged. -- Barack Obama
Online you're encouraged to perform one personality for everyone. -- Charlie Brooker
As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense. -- John Christopher
Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated. -- Philibert Joseph Roux
dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever ... -- Twyla Tharp
I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves. -- Dave Grohl
The harder they hit, the more encouraged I get. -- Hillary Clinton
Brokenness is often the road to breakthrough. Be encouraged. -- Tony Evans
I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize. -- Bob Edwards
Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves. -- Jerome Bruner
Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me. -- Malala Yousafzai
I encouraged the cast to make up their own lines. -- Lars von Trier
It was Nate Monaster who encouraged me to be a writer. -- Gary David
Man is the only animal that must be encouraged to live. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do. -- Charles Kuralt
We're not an acting family, but my parents have always encouraged me. -- Keeley Hawes
Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit. -- Russell Simmons
A smile is the only infectious affliction everyone is encouraged to spread. -- Omar Kiam
I love to improvise when it's appropriate and encouraged by a producer. -- Rob Paulsen
Thanks to everyone who's encouraged and supported my work over the years. -- Kate Bush
Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big. -- Jenna Bush
In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. -- Robert Powell
Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers. -- Max Roach
You fueled my obession, even encouraged it and your selfishness ruined my life -- Novala Takemoto
I think it's important for people to just stay encouraged, and stay uplifted. -- Tracy Martin
People should be encouraged by things like awards given for corporate governance practices. -- Adi Godrej
To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society -- Audre Lorde
When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable. -- Benjamin Spock
The idea that anybody was forced, or pressured, or encouraged, is not true. -- Lance Armstrong
More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control. -- Martin Gore
My parents always encouraged me to do creative stuff, to do weird stuff. -- Jack Kilmer
My sisters and I were encouraged to choose the direction of our lives. -- Diana DeGette
Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged. -- Abraham Lincoln
I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable. -- Steve Coogan
Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. -- Wallace Stegner
It's perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today -- Jeff Bezos
My parents were skeptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study. -- Carles Puyol
When a person feels encouraged, he can face the impossible and overcome incredible adversity. -- John C. Maxwell
I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father. -- Carlisle Floyd
I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn't know where else to go. -- E. B. White
In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration. -- Tegla Loroupe
Everyone is encouraged to see their lives, the world through the eyes of the rich. -- Richard Linklater
I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh. -- Tyler Perry
My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think. -- Holly Near
Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures. -- Robertson Davies
I was encouraged to hear that GM has made great progress on the hydrogen car. -- Albert Wynn
I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet. -- Philip Levine
Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence. -- John Shelby Spong
Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll. -- John Cale
The bookstore and the coffeehouse are natural allies; Neither has a time limit, slowness is encouraged. -- Lewis Buzbee
The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things. -- Ben Vereen
Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely. -- John Templeton
Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business. -- Jeff Bridges
At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied. -- Christopher Hitchens
... lapses of memory are only attractive when you've encouraged them, not when they take you unawares. -- Hildegard Knef
Each good thought that you have encouraged and nourished is your life's true work of art. -- Sri Chinmoy
Tyson [Chandler] encouraged me and was like, if that's what you want to wear, wear that. -- Iman Shumpert
My parents instilled in me the value of learning and encouraged me to succeed in school. -- Bruce Brown
My father was a professional artist all his life who encouraged my path as an artist. -- Alex Grey
I'd rather be encouraged by an ant to live than taught to doubt by fifty skeptics. -- Marty Rubin
I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more. -- Dee Dee Myers
It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people. -- Ian Mcewan
To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit. -- Fanny Burney
A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged. -- William Henry Harrison
My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning. -- Harley Viera-Newton
We can be encouraged knowing that our daily actions and words are declaring Christ to the world. -- David Jeremiah
You're encouraged to pitch your own story. That way, you'll have more control over what you do. -- Rob Corddry
I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged. -- Victoria Osteen
Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced. -- Andy Hargreaves
Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up. -- Andrew Forrest
I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community. -- S. Truett Cathy
I was never encouraged to believe anything. I was brought up in a profoundly agnostic or pantheistic community. -- Moby
When young girls are encouraged to explore what they find interesting, they grow up to be interesting women. -- Amy Poehler
My fondness for extended monologue might have been encouraged by two decades of writing stage and radio dramas. -- Norman Lock
It is in everyone's interest that every person's creative genius be encouraged and allowed to develop and express. -- Efiong Etuk
Children involved in project work are encouraged to serve the group needs and share responsibility for what's accomplished. -- Lilian Katz
Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization. -- Arthur Keith
Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated...they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better. -- Tom Peters
I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices. -- Aarti Sequeira
My theory is that we used to have several personalities, and now we're encouraged to have one online. -- Charlie Brooker
You're encouraged to do the same kind of movies. But I would like to keep doing different things. -- Casey Affleck
My father said writing was a nice hobby. He strongly encouraged my brother and me to become doctors. -- Tess Gerritsen
My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!' -- Zack Snyder
From a young age, I was encouraged to sing, dance and learn folk and popular songs in Spanish. -- Ailyn Perez

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