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A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance. -- Gary Hamel
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. -- George Eliot
This nation is being divided into black and white, and the present system encourages this. -- Pauline Hanson
Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. -- Pat Robertson
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Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision. -- Marion Zimmer Bradley
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. -- Elie Wiesel
Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children. -- Jack Kingston
A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I love finding talent. Just to encourage people is a good thing. Every night, the audience encourages me. I'm just passing it on. -- Liza Minnelli
Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. -- Pat Robertson
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. -- Charles Dickens
Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer. -- Kimberly Willis Holt
I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it. -- Keith Haring
An open-minded and diverse population that readily shares information, encourages experimentation, accepts failure and dispenses with formality and hierarchy is what makes Silicon Valley the successful hub that it is. -- Vivek Wadhwa
I've learned that we all change constantly. It's rare to find that person who is growing with you in the same way at the same time, who encourages you to grow. -- Angelina Jolie
When a positive exchange between a brand and customers becomes quantifiable metrics, it encourages brand to provide better service, customer service to do a better job, and consumers to actively show their gratitude. -- Simon Mainwaring
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. -- Douglas Coupland
Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all. -- Annie Jump Cannon
I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control. -- Amy Grant
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument. -- Eliot Spitzer
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny. -- Marguerite Duras
My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks. -- Padmasree Warrior
I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites. -- Hugh Laurie
The Fed should make a clear commitment to stable money to reduce the swings in interest rates and inflation. Instead, it champions and flaunts unstable money. This encourages momentum trading and the growth of derivatives. Meanwhile, layers of financial regulation make Washington bigger and more powerful but don't fix the underlying problems. -- David Malpass
I'm now happily remarried to a good cook, which encourages me to be lazy. I like to think that I'm a new man, but perhaps I'm not. I offset it by doing the ironing, though. She has a small farm in the New Forest with a herd of cattle, so she serves up a steak and kidney pie made with her own beef. -- Vince Cable
Courage encourages courage. -- Mark Buchanan
Dependency encourages social problems. -- Jim DeMint
Love builds, encourages and strengthens. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat. -- Jonathan Safran Foer
Don't vote, it only encourages them. -- Billy Connolly
Nature encourages no looseness; pardons no errors. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. -- Elie Wiesel
We need an energy bill that encourages consumption. -- George W. Bush
Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them. -- Richard Wagner
Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness. -- Douglas B. Reeves
When the atmosphere encourages learning, the learning is inevitable. -- Elizabeth Foss
Open collaboration encourages greater accountability, which in turn fosters trust. -- Ron Garan
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Web makes people hypocritical, it encourages to take pseudonymes -- Jean-Louis Murat
Journalism encourages haste ... and haste is the enemy of art. -- Jeanette Winterson
Society certainly encourages women to be victims in every way. -- Gloria Steinem
An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely. -- Paulo Coelho
Never look at the brass - it only encourages them. -- Richard Strauss
Good design encourages a viewer to want to learn more. -- Alexander Isley
Darkness is a place that encourages us to seek light. -- Debasish Mridha
A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening -- Kathleen Sebelius
The danger of prosperity is that it encourages a false independence. -- William Barclay
Our tax code encourages people to raise thoroughbred horses, not children. -- Patricia Schroeder
'Luck' is recognizing when the situation encourages build out and execution. -- Jack Dorsey
Wise teachers create an environment that encourages students to teach themselves -- Leonard Roy Frank
Free and open expression coupled with visionary leadership generally encourages good decision-making. -- M. Russell Ballard
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
A good shepherd encourages and inspires each one that works alongside him. -- Pastor Adelaja Sunday
We are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the President encourages vigorous debate. -- Karen Hughes
If advertising encourages people to live beyond their means, so does matrimony. -- Bruce Barton
Women are our most miraculous muse, an enchanted intangibility that encourages all art. -- CeeLo Green
There's always an important person who helps support your interests and encourages you. -- Paul Smith
I don't believe in virgin sacrifice. It encourages promiscuity at an early age -- Adrianne Ambrose
...the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry... -- Billy Collins
The intelligent employer encourages challenge, questioning--not blind acceptance and "our Leader knows best" acclaim. -- Mary Barnett Gilson
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world -- T. S. Eliot
Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind. -- Taylor Swift
Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior. -- Jeannette Walls
Expressed gratitude encourages further giving; ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity. -- Michael Josephson
Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings. -- Jawaharlal Nehru
I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas. -- Ai Weiwei
The wonder of Independence is that it encourages open minds and the desire to improve. -- Monty Roberts
We feel a pathway to citizenship would reward illegal activity, ... Amnesty encourages further illegal immigration. -- Elaine Chao
I'm always experimenting and trying different things. That's what keeps it fun and encourages growth. -- Charles Soule
There's something incredibly liberating about a holiday that encourages children to take candy from strangers -- Steve Almond
Any sort of working drawings are simply diagrams. Architecture encourages your imagination to work that way. -- Paul Laffoley
Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them. -- Michel de Montaigne
We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching. -- Ralph Regula
Loving discipline encourages a child to respect other people and live as a responsible, constructive citizen. -- James Dobson
I plan to lower corporate taxes to create an environment that encourages companies to invest more. -- Lee Myung-bak
I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate. -- Karen Hughes
You ought to expect better of people. It encourages you to be a better person yourself. -- Jeph Jacques
When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think. -- Julius Erving
A good relationship is when someone accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future. -- Zig Ziglar
Anything that encourages pauperism, anything that relaxes the manly fiber and lowers self-respect, is an unmixed evil. -- Theodore Roosevelt
We accept, without sufficient consideration, a system that breeds inefficiencies and actually encourages the creation of shortages. -- Jacque Fresco
The Internet challenges traditional ways of distributing and processing information and so encourages new standards and behavior. -- Ethan Zuckerman
You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much. -- Horace Mann
We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time. -- Sheila Heti
Any music can be healing if it inspires, relaxes, encourages or creates enthusiasm for life in you. -- David Simon
If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence. -- Pierre de Coubertin
An invitation to innovation, Radiant Orchid encourages expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in today's society. -- Leatrice Eiseman
I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing. -- Julia Glass
In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best. -- Zig Ziglar
Whatever appeals to the imagination, by transcending the ordinary limits of human ability, wonderfully encourages and liberates us. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We need to provide an education which teaches critÂical thinking and encourages the development of mature moral values. -- Pope Francis
Reflective thinking is like the crock pot of the mind. It encourages your thoughts to simmer until they're done. -- John C. Maxwell
The beloved is one who nurtures you, trusts you, supports you, encourages you, loves you without conditions. That's you. -- Iyanla Vanzant
We need something that encourages us to work, we need an intimate aid. This is only possible through meditation. -- Samael Aun Weor
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A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear. -- John C. Maxwell
With my pictures, what I hope is that it encourages the reader to imagine more pictures of his own. -- Quentin Blake
Form is any aspect of a poem that encourages it to stay whole and not drift off into chaos. -- Billy Collins
Art, because it's so easy to do, and yet so difficult to do well, encourages humility in the human soul. -- Robert Genn
There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate speech incites violence. -- Newton Lee
Is there something in druggy subjects that encourages directors to make imitation film noir? Film noir itself becomes an addiction. -- Pauline Kael
Historically, the coupling of president and Speaker has been a tricky one that encourages a choreography both quick-footed and wary -- Chris Matthews
Buddhism doesn't tell you what is false and what is true but it encourages you to find out for yourself. -- Chogyam Trungpa
Angels assist us in connecting with a powerful yet gentle force, which encourages us to live life to it's fullest. -- Denise Linn
The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government. -- Mark Skousen
Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema. -- Ira Sachs
Gratitude not only encourages our hearts, it produces peace. And we could all use a little more peace these days. -- Jen Lilley
Chicago is an exciting place which renews itself. The workshop system encourages close reading and frank discussions of papers and ideas. -- James Heckman
I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books. -- Timothy Ferriss
Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system. -- Rick Wagoner
Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system. -- Rick Wagoner
Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system." -- Rick Wagoner
There is no religion in fact that I know that encourages or propagates violence in that its adherents should carry out. -- Desmond Tutu
I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books. -- Timothy Ferriss
I have no doubts. I know what gets in the way and I know what encourages me to do more work. -- John Zorn
I like a director that encourages me to be playful. I don't really like being restricted or controlled by a director. -- Julia Stiles
A new environment encourages us to be more mindful and present, as we're more likely to notice and appreciate new surroundings. -- Michael Klim

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