#encouragement

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. ↗

— Fritz Perls

#dependency #encouragement #especially #everybody #judge

Josiah became King of Judah at the age of eight. Joan of Arc led the French Army at nineteen. King Tut led all of Egypt at age nine. Age isn't everything you think it is. Your heart and your spirit speak more than a simple candle count on your birthday cake. ~Tony (Exposing ELE) ↗

— Rebecca Gober

#exposing-ele #inspirational-quotes #leadership #leading #willow-mosby

We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place. ↗

— Patti Digh

#courage #encouragement #irony #power #change

Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are. ↗

— Aberjhani

#encouragement #famous-poets #famous-quotes #fear #inspiration

Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright eyes behold your deeds! ↗

— Walter Scott

#death #defeat #encouragement #glory-in-death #death

The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#encouragement #faith #hope #joy #prayer

I was angry at God until I came to understand that it isn't God's fault when people mistreat me. I still have my doubts at times, but I try to remember that God has given them the same free will that He's given me. ↗

— Jennifer Hudson Taylor

#faith #inspirational-quotes #faith

Relatives share the same bloodline, but FAMILY shares your successes, pains, ambitions, celebrations, failures, values, love and so much more. I realize that many friends have become Family and some relatives just are not. (Analogy: Blood scatters everywhere, when Family runs together...When I thought I needed "Blood" to survive, I realized that what I really needed was "Family"!) ↗

— Gaye Miller

#encouragement #family #realization #family

The best foundation for relationships to grow, flourish, and succeed is a deep-rooted friendship. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#inspirational #life #love #relationships #friendship

Nine tenths of education is encouragement. ↗

— Anatole France

#encouragement #nine