Quotes about Encouraged

Encouraged, we recognise the importance of living artistically, aesthetically and creatively as creative creatures of the creator. Votes: 3

I know that Oswald killed Kennedy. Now, was he pushed? Encouraged to do it by outsiders? Possibly. Possibly. Was he sitting down with Fidel Castro? No. Votes: 3

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. Votes: 2

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged. Votes: 2

My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist. Votes: 2

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status. Votes: 2

Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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! Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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? Votes: 2

Be greatly encouraged! Votes: 0

My parents really encouraged me. Votes: 0

Great souls encouraged us to be great. Votes: 0

A budding writer wants to be encouraged. Votes: 0

Be encouraged! You can fulfil your dream. Votes: 0

When it comes to death, procrastination is encouraged. Votes: 0

Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians. Votes: 0

Be greatly encouraged! You will fulfil your dream. Votes: 0

To young people: you have to stay encouraged. Votes: 0

Online you're encouraged to perform one personality for everyone. Votes: 0

As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense. Votes: 0

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated. Votes: 0

dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever ... Votes: 0

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves. Votes: 0

The harder they hit, the more encouraged I get. Votes: 0

Brokenness is often the road to breakthrough. Be encouraged. Votes: 0

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize. Votes: 0

Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves. Votes: 0

Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me. Votes: 0

I encouraged the cast to make up their own lines. Votes: 0

It was Nate Monaster who encouraged me to be a writer. Votes: 0

Man is the only animal that must be encouraged to live. Votes: 0

My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do. Votes: 0

We're not an acting family, but my parents have always encouraged me. Votes: 0

Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit. Votes: 0

A smile is the only infectious affliction everyone is encouraged to spread. Votes: 0

I love to improvise when it's appropriate and encouraged by a producer. Votes: 0

Thanks to everyone who's encouraged and supported my work over the years. Votes: 0

Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big. Votes: 0

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. Votes: 0

Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers. Votes: 0

You fueled my obession, even encouraged it and your selfishness ruined my life Votes: 0

I think it's important for people to just stay encouraged, and stay uplifted. Votes: 0

People should be encouraged by things like awards given for corporate governance practices. Votes: 0

To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society Votes: 0

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable. Votes: 0

The idea that anybody was forced, or pressured, or encouraged, is not true. Votes: 0

More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control. Votes: 0

My parents always encouraged me to do creative stuff, to do weird stuff. Votes: 0

My sisters and I were encouraged to choose the direction of our lives. Votes: 0

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged. Votes: 0

I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable. Votes: 0

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. Votes: 0

It's perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today Votes: 0

My parents were skeptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study. Votes: 0

When a person feels encouraged, he can face the impossible and overcome incredible adversity. Votes: 0

I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father. Votes: 0

I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn't know where else to go. Votes: 0

In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration. Votes: 0

Everyone is encouraged to see their lives, the world through the eyes of the rich. Votes: 0

I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh. Votes: 0

My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think. Votes: 0

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures. Votes: 0

I was encouraged to hear that GM has made great progress on the hydrogen car. Votes: 0

I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet. Votes: 0

Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence. Votes: 0

Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll. Votes: 0

The bookstore and the coffeehouse are natural allies; Neither has a time limit, slowness is encouraged. Votes: 0

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things. Votes: 0

Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely. Votes: 0

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business. Votes: 0

At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied. Votes: 0

... lapses of memory are only attractive when you've encouraged them, not when they take you unawares. Votes: 0

Each good thought that you have encouraged and nourished is your life's true work of art. Votes: 0

Tyson [Chandler] encouraged me and was like, if that's what you want to wear, wear that. Votes: 0

My parents instilled in me the value of learning and encouraged me to succeed in school. Votes: 0

My father was a professional artist all his life who encouraged my path as an artist. Votes: 0

I'd rather be encouraged by an ant to live than taught to doubt by fifty skeptics. Votes: 0

I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more. Votes: 0

It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people. Votes: 0

To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit. Votes: 0

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged. Votes: 0

My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning. Votes: 0

We can be encouraged knowing that our daily actions and words are declaring Christ to the world. Votes: 0

You're encouraged to pitch your own story. That way, you'll have more control over what you do. Votes: 0

I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged. Votes: 0

Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced. Votes: 0

Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up. Votes: 0

I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community. Votes: 0

I was never encouraged to believe anything. I was brought up in a profoundly agnostic or pantheistic community. Votes: 0

When young girls are encouraged to explore what they find interesting, they grow up to be interesting women. Votes: 0

My fondness for extended monologue might have been encouraged by two decades of writing stage and radio dramas. Votes: 0

It is in everyone's interest that every person's creative genius be encouraged and allowed to develop and express. Votes: 0

Children involved in project work are encouraged to serve the group needs and share responsibility for what's accomplished. Votes: 0

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization. Votes: 0

Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated...they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better. Votes: 0

I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices. Votes: 0

My theory is that we used to have several personalities, and now we're encouraged to have one online. Votes: 0

You're encouraged to do the same kind of movies. But I would like to keep doing different things. Votes: 0

My father said writing was a nice hobby. He strongly encouraged my brother and me to become doctors. Votes: 0

My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!' Votes: 0

From a young age, I was encouraged to sing, dance and learn folk and popular songs in Spanish. Votes: 0

I do think imagination is enormously valuable, and that children should be encouraged in their imagination. That's very true. Votes: 0

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. Votes: 0

A society in which marriage is encouraged and industry prevails soon repairs the accidental losses of pestilence and war. Votes: 0

When people are tipsy, they're really encouraged and they wanna prove they can do something to the Heavyweight champion. Votes: 0

Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman. Votes: 0

Be encouraged. Your heart is writing a poem on the world and it's being turned into a thousand songs. Votes: 0

It was always the view of my parents," Emily said, "that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people. Votes: 0

On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself. Votes: 0

I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged. Votes: 0

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church. Votes: 0

Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding. Votes: 0

I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature. Votes: 0

I think people should be encouraged that there are so many people in the press that want to participate. Votes: 0

God has given no pledge which He will not redeem, and encouraged no hope which He will not fulfill. Votes: 0

The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it. Votes: 0

My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study. Votes: 0

Independent thinking is not encouraged in a professional Army. It is a form of mutiny. Obedience is the supreme virtue. Votes: 0

I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone. Votes: 0

Certainly children are being encouraged far more than they were seventy-five years ago and are more accepted as they are. Votes: 0

Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere waiting for you. Votes: 0

In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged. Votes: 0

I was brought up to believe that what is out-of-doors should stay there and not be encouraged in any way. Votes: 0

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked. Votes: 0

As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improved my condition. Votes: 0

It really disturbs me that the environmental movement has been co-opted by creation-worshippers instead of being encouraged by the Creator-worshippers. Votes: 0

It was clear to my parents that I had the gift of voice, and they encouraged me to pursue it. Votes: 0

I figured out that art would be the perfect place for me because what's encouraged is the invention of languages. Votes: 0

The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. Votes: 0

I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give. Votes: 0

As a woman I have felt encouraged and fed by and nurtured by the work of [Jack] Kerouac and others. Votes: 0

Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content. Votes: 0

Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat. Votes: 0

Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell. Votes: 0

As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much. Votes: 0

I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a faith healer and medium, and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers. Votes: 0

I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed. Votes: 0

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business. He loved it so much. Votes: 0

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism. Votes: 0

I don't think that necessarily I was encouraged by the nuns and the priest to consider alternate possibilities to the universe. Votes: 0

I'm sure that many people who are involved in an environmental effort ... they will be pretty much encouraged by this recognition. Votes: 0

The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life. Votes: 0

My parents recognized something in me that they encouraged instead of deflated, and I'll always be grateful to them for that. Votes: 0

My dad encouraged anything I wanted to do, especially music. Actually he drove me around to places where I could play. Votes: 0

Our selfishness is so robust and many-clutching that, well encouraged, it easily devours all sustenance away from our poor little scruples. Votes: 0

Letting journalism be from the perspective of the journalist. It's usually a no-no, and journalists are encouraged to be completely objective. Votes: 0

I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us. Votes: 0

My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing. Votes: 0

Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and Down with Authority her war-cry. Votes: 0

Sometimes because a woman is beautiful, she's not encouraged to be more, although she may have so much more to offer. Votes: 0

Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another. Votes: 0

Capitalism has run its course, and we shall have to look for other ideals than the ones that capitalism has encouraged. Votes: 0

Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it. Votes: 0

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies. Votes: 0

The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away one's worldly goods. Votes: 0

My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind. Votes: 0

The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away ones worldly goods. Votes: 0

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure. Votes: 0

On stage I'm basically spiritually feeding all of these people in the audience, and making sure they're encouraged to connect with God. Votes: 0

The flame of inspiration needs to be encouraged. Put a glass around that small candle and protect it from discouragement or ridicule. Votes: 0

We aren't encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths. Votes: 0

In this way, through experience they will be formed adequately, will be encouraged, and will be capable of rendering service to God. Votes: 0

If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority. Votes: 0

Religion, morality, and knowledge are necessary for good government... Therefore schools and the means of educating the people should always be encouraged. Votes: 0

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are forcing Universalism upon unwilling and resistant subjects. Votes: 0

It is absolutely without contradiction that when women are encouraged to participate in the formal economies of their societies, the economy grows. Votes: 0

I just want to play for the people, give my new sound to them, and encourage them and be encouraged by people. Votes: 0

People are always more encouraged when we share how God's grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our strengths. Votes: 0

In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer. Votes: 0

Engineering college students should be encouraged to start entrepreneurial ventures in their second year itself. It is safer to fail while in college. Votes: 0

With a Trump administration we don't know enough yet to make predictions, but if past behavior is any indication, I am not encouraged. Votes: 0

Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition. Votes: 0

Every one disguising the truth from a man who has a right to the truth is wrong, and ought not to be encouraged. Votes: 0

Writers are encouraged to "keep 'em laughing" and complain "with good humor" in order to "win" allies. The joke is always on ourselves. Votes: 0

When I was at school one would have said, 'I swear by the Bible.' But Bibles were not encouraged at Experiment House. Votes: 0

A Children's Museum, however, is more of a Funatorium. You are encouraged to touch things, which is poor training for subsequent museum visitation. Votes: 0

Modelling, fashion and film have all encouraged me to learn more about issues and to feel empowered enough to do something about them. Votes: 0

the bliss that comes from ignorance should seldom be encouraged for it is likely to do one out of a more satisfying bliss. Votes: 0

My father has been the real anchor of the family. Hes the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me. Votes: 0

I am pro-life. I believe human life begins at conception. I also believe that embryonic stem cell research should be encouraged and supported. Votes: 0

My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me. Votes: 0

If you set up an environment where failing is encouraged then you want to try everything. It's obviously the best way to work. Votes: 0

My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships. Votes: 0

I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands. Votes: 0

Violence among boys is so valorized and so encouraged that you have to do things different in violence prevention with boys than with girls. Votes: 0

I was a very curious person because of my parents. They encouraged me to be as curious about as many things as I wanted. Votes: 0

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too. Votes: 0

I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time. Votes: 0

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk. Votes: 0

Pacifist propaganda and the resolutions of the parliamentarians encouraged such treaties, and toward the end of the nineteenth century their number had increased considerably. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to take many different classes. Piano was one that I really fell in love with. Votes: 0

I've been following Jesus for 35 years. He's guided me, comforted me, encouraged me, challenged me, befriended me, and been my constant companion since November 8, 1981. Votes: 0

My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment. Votes: 0

I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual. Votes: 0

We have an education and business culture that tends to reward quick factual answers over imaginative inquiry. Questioning isn't encouraged—it is barely tolerated. Votes: 0

The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people. Votes: 0

It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans. Votes: 0

I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art. Votes: 0

Even if it were true that evolution, or the teaching of evolution, encouraged immorality that would not imply that the theory of evolution was false. Votes: 0

I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books. Votes: 0

New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression. Votes: 0

It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable - effort to prevent the annihilation of the human race. Votes: 0

The alphabet and print technology fostered and encouraged a fragmenting process, a process of specialism and detachment. Electric technology fosters and encourages unification and involvement. Votes: 0

My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house, playing records also. Votes: 0

My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory. Votes: 0

If a child wants to read 'Twilight' over Middlemarch, they should be encouraged - the important thing is to get them reading in the first place. Votes: 0

Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right that was fought for. Votes: 0

My recent retirement from full-time teaching to the status of research professor at University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) encouraged me to come out, so to speak. Votes: 0

I had acting teachers, and one of the things that was encouraged was to keep it fresh, to be spontaneous. That's the magic of film often. Votes: 0

In a matriarchy men should be encouraged to take it easy, for most women prefer live husbands to blocks of shares and seats on the board. Votes: 0

I think listening to a lot of Lou Reed when I was a teenager is what encouraged me to just sing however felt good to me. Votes: 0

Faint hearts are encouraged when they read about others who, despite amputation, spinal cord injury, or psychiatric disorders have a vibrant trust and confidence in God. Votes: 0

Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many scientists supported. Votes: 0

The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of the people. Votes: 0

Can a president who’s presided over, and possibly encouraged, Chinese-style surveillance of The Land of the Free honestly expect to serve out his full term? Votes: 0

There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways. Votes: 0

I was brought up in a home environment where I was taught to think critically and was encouraged to seek answers to questions about my faith. Votes: 0

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement. Votes: 0

On television, journalists now routinely appear on talk-shows-with-an-attitude where they are encouraged to say what they think about something they may not have finished thinking about. Votes: 0

While PANTONE 18-3224 Radiant Orchid, the captivating 2014 color of the year, encouraged creativity and innovation, Marsala enriches our mind, body and soul, exuding confidence and stability, Votes: 0

When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport. Votes: 0

The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more. Votes: 0

You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance. Votes: 0

It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that. Votes: 0

I was raised as a Calvinist, which is doctrine-driven. And though there are many things wrong with Calvinism, you are at least encouraged to argue about things. Votes: 0

We are all encouraged that Bush appears, really for the first time in his experience on the stage of presidential politics, relaxed. His comfort is our comfort. Votes: 0

It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that. Votes: 0

I had the wonderful benefit of growing up with parents that not only encouraged me to follow my dreams, but supported my aspirations through school and beyond. Votes: 0

The glamour of twentieth-century air travel helped to persuade once-fearful travelers to take to the skies and encouraged parochial Americans to go out and see the world. Votes: 0

The guardians of your company's cyber security should be encouraged to network within the industry to swap information on the latest hacker tricks and most effective defenses. Votes: 0

Ellie: "You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil." Richard: "Good will triumph over evil." Ellie: "Liar. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm more encouraged by the saplings: new music groups, tiny new venues, entrepreneurial musician-composers who aren't waiting to be discovered but are instead building their own Establishment. Votes: 0

REDEF is dedicated to my mother, who nurtured and encouraged my interest in everything and slightly regrets the day she taught me to always ask 'why?' Votes: 0

If television encouraged us to work as much as it encourages us to do everything else, we could better afford to buy more of everything it advertises. Votes: 0

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people. Votes: 0

My mother encouraged me and was very great about me being gay, but she always encouraged me to follow my musical dreams, which I'm very grateful for. Votes: 0

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination. Votes: 0

There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that most champions are born into certain environments and encouraged early. Then, later on, they might get some assistance from their federations. Votes: 0

I wanted to study film at an art school - I loved the idea of being surrounded by designers and artists. We were encouraged to be experimental. Votes: 0

I found that my career at Bell Telephone Labs thrived because of the environment, which encouraged cooperative research, offered opportunities for access to sophisticated equipment, and fellowship. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that. Votes: 0

A pitfall of making a comedy with a studio-and it's also an American cultural thing-is that I get tired of being encouraged to go always for laughs. Votes: 0

Richard Nixon was a Republican presidential candidate who encouraged crooks to commit espionage against the Democratic National Committee in order to gain an edge in a presidential election. Votes: 0

Young people in Israel are encouraged to design, produce and sell their products from high school. Technical universities also matter. Teach and introduce entrepreneurship courses in technical universities. Votes: 0

Serious rational criticism is so rare that it should be encouraged. Being too ready to defend oneself is more dangerous than being too ready to admit a mistake. Votes: 0

I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that's not wishful thinking. Votes: 0

I'm excited and encouraged to see people getting involved with their public lands and forests. We really need the public's help to repair these heavily used recreation sites. Votes: 0

[John] Hughes really wanted it to sound authentic. He was a real collaborator. He encouraged us to bring to the material things we thought were maybe more truthful. Votes: 0

The people who encouraged me weren't necessarily writers or readers themselves. They were people who were just pleased to see me devote my life to reading and writing. Votes: 0

We are grateful to the Liberian people who volunteered for this important clinical trial and encouraged by the study results seen with the two investigational Ebola vaccine candidates, Votes: 0

I think women rule the world and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn't allowed him to do or encouraged him to do. Votes: 0

Although I loved working on technology - I've always been a computer geek at heart - my professors encouraged me to get a real-world job working with customers. Votes: 0

So be encouraged and dedicate yourself to your dream and if your dream should come my way one day then we will dance upon the boards of life. Votes: 0

I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences. Votes: 0

I don't think in terms of failure....I don't feel like anyone outside of me should be setting limitations. People should be encouraged to shoot for the moon. Votes: 0

letting be is as important as mastering. Our tradition has encouraged us to be effective, to make or fabricate but not to let be born or let be. Votes: 0

I was a very defiant child, and my father encouraged that. He wanted me to be as wild and creative as possible and didn't believe in disciplining children. Votes: 0

The world needs scientists, engineers - and if a brain is qualified to do such work, it should be encouraged, not smothered because it is a female brain. Votes: 0

We have a name for your disease. We call it a hyper-aesthetic one. You have been encouraged to over-indulge yourself in literature; and have inflamed your organs of fancy. Votes: 0

My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them. Votes: 0

I think it displayed what the Australia Council does so well, the awarding of artists who at various steps in their career had been encouraged by the Australia Council. Votes: 0

I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind was stimulated, my creativity encouraged. Votes: 0

I've conducted an experiment on my kids. Instead of denying them access to media, I've encouraged it. They read comic books, play Nintendo and watch way too much TV. Votes: 0

Unusually for an Indian man of his generation, my father, being aware of my mother's intellectual abilities, encouraged her to go abroad by herself to obtain a Ph.D. Votes: 0

The Self has turned out to mean so many things, to mean them so ambiguously, and to be so wavering in its application, that we do not feel encouraged. Votes: 0

We must define flattery and praise; they are distinct. Trajan was encouraged to virtue by the panegyric Pliny; Tiberius became obstinate in vice from the flattery of his senators. Votes: 0

My father is an atheist. My mother is Buddhist. They encouraged my siblings and me to take the best part of other religions to make our own belief system. Votes: 0

The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man. Votes: 0

When people take greater ownership of their own health care and are encouraged to do that in a health plan, their health gets better. They pursue more wellness opportunities. Votes: 0

The kind of support encouraged by such modes of expression has always arisen basically from confusing the fatherland itself with the social conditions which happened to prevail in it. Votes: 0

They encouraged you to put some of your weight in their hands and soon as you felt how light and lovely it was, they studied your scars and tribulations... Votes: 0

I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!' Votes: 0

I love to sing and play the piano. As a child, I've always loved to sing my heart out, and even my teachers encouraged me to take up singing. Votes: 0

A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life. Votes: 0

I don't think I've changed anything, but I hope that by my talks I have encouraged people in their practice. That's as much as any of us can do. Votes: 0

I always wanted to do music but never really had the confidence to do it until my first manager George Lamb, who I met out in Ibiza, encouraged me. Votes: 0

My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors. Votes: 0

Actors are their own worst enemies. They quite often will get in their own way, and I have to be encouraged, endlessly, not to get in my own way. Votes: 0

She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister. Votes: 0

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward. Votes: 0

Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinking and when honest inquiry is encouraged. Votes: 0

I'd spent a night with Ranger a while ago, and I knew what happened when he was encouraged. Ranger knew how to make a woman want him. Ranger was magic. Votes: 0

Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on and not waste time trying to cover things. Votes: 0

Chicago has very few public spaces where people are encouraged to get together. It's partly to prevent riots, and also to segregate a city with a history of racial segregation. Votes: 0

That's what is always fascinating about racism - how it is allowed, if not encouraged, to flourish freely in public spaces, the way racism and bigotry are so often unquestioned. Votes: 0

My childhood in Arlington, Va., a middle class suburb of Washington, was uneventful. Ours was a very intellectual family, and we were encouraged to read at a very early age. Votes: 0

I have the most amazing and supportive family. My parents always encouraged us to aim high and follow our dreams. They instilled in us that nothing worth having comes easy. Votes: 0

It is the government's strong desire to empower this fabric, this social fabric of our society where faith-based programs large and small feel empowered, encouraged, and welcomed into changing lives. Votes: 0

I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - with wonderful teachers, who taught me drama and encouraged me in every way. Votes: 0

Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted softened, the disobedient reformed, and the faithful encouraged. Votes: 0

If the public safety be provided, liberty and propriety secured, justice administered, virtue encouraged, vice suppressed, and the true interest of the nation advanced, the ends of government are accomplished . . . Votes: 0

When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental. Votes: 0

Donald Trump has encouraged Russians to cyber-hack the United States to give him an edge in an election. And that just shows how serious and seriously misguided Donald Trump is. Votes: 0

I think of myself as a little kid, and I had a wild imagination, but it was something that was encouraged and supported, which helped steer me into the arts. Votes: 0

I really lucked out in terms of how my parents encouraged me to develop my own personality so I didn't just feel incredibly insecure and like I didn't fit in. Votes: 0

I think I was born an artist. But the key is that I have a mom that encouraged and supported my artistic side. She still has the stick-figure drawings framed. Votes: 0

Today, we're encouraged to believe that we should have a verbal interpretation for what we view as art - when in fact the words are an intrusion on the experience. Votes: 0

As much as I was encouraged by the number of female-centric shows being bandied about, it feels like we're being treated like a trend or a quota to be filled. Votes: 0

I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self. Votes: 0

The White House encouraged Tom Brady to be more of a role model. They would've said more, but there was a drunken Secret Service agent streaking across the Rose Garden. Votes: 0

If all people are encouraged to actually see who they're coexisting with, or even if they're not coexisting with other people.It's like to look at the world you're in. Votes: 0

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important. Votes: 0

I had been encouraged a lot by my parents and my sixth grade teacher, James Doyle at Main Street Elementary School. He was an early supporter of my writing ability. Votes: 0

An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns to move out of spite; he becomes more independent. Votes: 0

I don't write for Christians. I write for people. I write so that if a Christian hears my music, they're going to be encouraged because I'm writing from the Christian worldview. Votes: 0

There's a lot of people I've encouraged and helped to get into the House of Commons. Looking at them now, I'm not so sure it was a wise thing to do. Votes: 0

I am not at all in favor of hard work for its own sake; many people who work very hard indeed produce terrible things, and should most certainly not be encouraged. Votes: 0

Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody's encouraged to want less, you'll end up with less. Votes: 0

That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger it could represent, they encouraged me. Votes: 0

I avoid talking about the way I work. But in avoiding it I seem only to have encouraged people to focus their fantasies about me in an ever more fantastical way. Votes: 0

I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted. Votes: 0

The student now goes to college to proclaim rather than to learn. A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals. Votes: 0

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged. Votes: 0

Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need to be in school to do it. Votes: 0

America must raise an empire of permanent duration, supported upon the grand pillars of Truth, Freedom, and Religion, encouraged by the smiles of Justice and defended by her own patriotic sons. Votes: 0

My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do. Votes: 0

I met an agent through my modeling agency who encouraged me to go out and audition for sitcoms, and I was absolutely petrified because I had no desire to do it. Votes: 0

Again and again, I've seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies - assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly encouraged. Votes: 0

Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress; I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now. Votes: 0

Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake - but for the nation's sake. Votes: 0

A man should be encouraged to do what the Maker of him has intended by the making of him, according as the gifts have been bestowed on him for that purpose. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

In a society which really supported marriage the wife would be encouraged to go to the office and make love to her husband on the company's time and with its blessing. Votes: 0

You and I, the people of God, have permission to come before the throne of Heaven at any time we will, and we are encouraged to come there with great boldness. Votes: 0

The magical thinking encouraged by any belief in the supernatural, combined with the vilification of rationality and skepticism, is more conducive to conspiracy theories than it is to productive political debate. Votes: 0

And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me and really encouraged all that. And in rural Louisiana, that was a rare thing back then. Votes: 0

My dad is a retired Shakespeare professor, my mother a retired classicist. Suffice to say I grew up in a house full of books, where reading was encouraged if not required. Votes: 0

I played with dolls until I was 15. My mother encouraged it because my older sister got married when she was 15, so Mom thought that the longer I stayed with dolls, the better. Votes: 0

The Master encouraged us to gain friends, that is, to expand our circle of friends through which we can feel more intensive protection in a spirit of cooperation and through intervening values. Votes: 0

You can't force something like that. But we have encouraged our audience, because we avoid the confrontation of regular rock concerts: us up here, you down there. Instead, we're looking for interaction. Votes: 0

You don't say to a university professor who is immersed in a particular subject that they should get a life. They are encouraged to enjoy their subject and to pass it on. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where you're not only allowed that, but you're encouraged. Votes: 0

My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged us to study and enjoy many different types of music. Votes: 0

By continually pushing the message that we have the right to gratification now, consumerism at its most expansive encouraged a demand for fulfillment that could not so easily be contained by products. Votes: 0

I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active. Votes: 0

I have encouraged my kids to eat well from day one. I add flavor - herbs and spices - to everything because I don't want them getting used to starchy, bland food. Votes: 0

I had a lot of songs and words and scenes stuck inside of me. So Jacknife encouraged me to bring them all out. So, in essence, 'You and Others' is my diary. Votes: 0

Zoological taxonomists in general are inclined to be practical workers rather than philosophers, if only because they face such an unending task that they are not encouraged to sit back and philosophize. Votes: 0

Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune. Votes: 0

Credulity as a character trait is encouraged in every child who grows up with religious training, which invariably insists on the virtue of blind faith and the sinfulness of doubting and questioning. Votes: 0

The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It's the Gospel. So, finally, I'M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope, Votes: 0

People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce. Votes: 0

You’ve got mountains of your own, I’ll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. Hang on for dear life. You’ve got a better grip than you realize. Votes: 0

I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults. Votes: 0

People were encouraged to snitch. [South Africa] was a police state, so there were police everywhere. There were undercover police. There were uniformed police. The state was being surveilled the entire time. Votes: 0

My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colorful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write. Votes: 0

[My mother] was the one who encouraged me constantly and always reminded me that God gave me a talent and I have to use it. I should not keep it locked inside. Votes: 0

My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn`t put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do. Votes: 0

I had an art teacher who's the reason I got there in high school who encouraged me to go to Alabama. That's where she had gone and kept raving over their art department. Votes: 0

Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams. Votes: 0

Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or woman President everything will be all right. But it won't be. Votes: 0

We were tremendously encouraged by the testing of Analyze That. Audiences loved it. They were telling us that they liked it as much as the original. We recorded the laughs in the theater. Votes: 0

In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! Votes: 0

Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit. Votes: 0

Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany. Votes: 0

In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the 8 hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous over eating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! Votes: 0

In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the 8 hours when we stop killing each other and gratutious over eating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! Votes: 0

I was never forced to write. At least, I was never forced or even encouraged to write fiction. Creative writing wasn't in the curriculum at my school when I was in sixth grade. Votes: 0

I really haven't made up my mind yet. A lot of people have encouraged me to consider running, and others have cautioned against it, saying it's a good way to ruin your life. Votes: 0

Many Afghan intellectuals in the United States believe that their country is best kept together. They are encouraged by the fact that no leading tribal or political figure there has called for secession. Votes: 0

Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally. Votes: 0

Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally. Votes: 0

Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority. Votes: 0

The writing workshops and programs that are everywhere have encouraged writing. And if that produces more writing, it's also producing more readers of an elevated level. So all in all, a good thing. Votes: 0

Satanists are encouraged to indulge in the seven deadly sins, as they need hurt no one; they were only invented by the Christian Church to insure guilt on the part of its followers. Votes: 0

Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college. Votes: 0

We were encouraged to propose safetyprevention suggestions, and write them all down— locking doors, walking or exercising with a friend, wearing shoes that don't hinder running. Erin's suggestion of "Avoid assholes" was popular. Votes: 0

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the freedom to go into a world of my own. Votes: 0

As I've told my three daughters, all of whom I've at one time encouraged to go into macro trading, any man or woman can do anything to which they set their heart and mind, Votes: 0

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later made me think it was possible to be a writer. Votes: 0

If my revelation of having bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help. Votes: 0

It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then you're not playing games. Votes: 0

You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity. Votes: 0

Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged to share bad news as much as good news. Votes: 0

Be passionate about your work and your life' was instilled in me by my mother Dada, who was a potter. She also introduced me to the arts and encouraged me to embrace the new. Votes: 0

I was in fact pretty much - by the larger culture, by the local culture, by people around me, by people on TV - encouraged to imagine women as something slightly inferior to men. Votes: 0

When I entered college, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. My advisor happened to be from the theater department, and he encouraged me to take some classes there, which I did. Votes: 0

I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely would have written more songs of my own, but I didn't. Votes: 0

My father insisted that I learnt the Koran and encouraged me to understand the basic traditions and beliefs of Islam but without imposing any particular views. He was an overwhelming personality but open-minded and liberal. Votes: 0

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account. Votes: 0

Seeing the rebirth of the Delaware Estuary as a valuable natural resource is certainly encouraging, and I am encouraged not just by the progress made in the Delaware Estuary but in estuaries throughout the country. Votes: 0

In much of today's popular culture, the virtues of forgiveness and kindness are belittled, while ridicule, anger, and harsh criticism are encouraged. Let us not hurt the ones we love the most by selfish criticism! Votes: 0

You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies all that. Fortunately, I have a mother who encouraged me to build my confidence from within and embrace my imperfections. Votes: 0

I first got into acting when I was about 12. I started doing speech and drama lessons. All my friends were doing it at the time and my dad encouraged it. He encouraged any extracurricular activity. Votes: 0

Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence. Votes: 0

They are either people of faith who have lost their faith from reading my books, or they are people who had already lost their faith, and something about my books encouraged them to affirm that. Votes: 0

My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively. Votes: 0

I've always been a creative person since I was young. I enjoyed art, museums, plays, but it wasn't until I was about 10 that my mother encouraged me to choose a career, and it was acting. Votes: 0

I'm very encouraged. This is progress. There are two or three ways to combat homophobia - one is through humor. The second is to put a face on it. People are becoming much more enlightened. Votes: 0

My father kind of encouraged me through that. Exactly,[work] not as an actor, obviously, but as someone in show business that had some success. He told me to live the impossible. "Live the impossible!" Votes: 0

We are the United States of Amnesia, which is encouraged by a media that has no desire to tell us the truth about anything, serving their corporate masters who have other plans to dominate us. Votes: 0

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way Votes: 0

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way. Votes: 0

If you get angry easily, it may be because the seed of anger in you has been watered frequently over many years, and unfortunately you have allowed it or even encouraged it to be watered. Votes: 0