Encouraging Quotes

"No one, in this world, can give you the gift of a genuine encouragement, better than the inner you!". So true and apt it is. Guess how many people are around you and making you feel their presence for every sec in a day? No one! Of course, you cannot expect someone to come and hold you and give a hug of consolation or encouragement every time, or do you? However, if you ponder upon the question asked above, you will know, that there 'is' a person who is with you hearing the heavy sigh you are taking every second, and that is you! This piece of encouraging quotes is a mere attempt to help you to help yourself in your difficult times, when the whole world seems like a lifeless block of iceberg, staring at you and slowly taking away the warmth of life from your heart.

Motivational Quotes for Women

God is the creator of all things and if someone has the ability to give life after Him, it is a woman! She is the epitome of strength, hope and beauty. The following words have been born from the encouraging thoughts of some great women.

"Appreciation can make a day - even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary." - Margaret Cousins

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." - Louisa May Alcott

"Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater." - Mary Manin Morrissey

"I'm not happy, I'm cheerful. There's a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them." - Beverly Sills

"Men have the grand vision, and they pass it on to somebody else to put into practice. Women follow the details more, they want to know that it is being put into practice." - Mary Eugenia Charles

Motivational Quotes for Men

Guys are like coconuts; hard on the outside and soft on the inside! No matter how tough or robust they may appear, they bear a heart which can melt with a little warmth. Now the warmth could rise from love or anger or anything else. Whatever it may be, here are some quotes to encourage those in a need of some encouragement, to give them a little push to move ahead with their lives.

"It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." - Abraham Lincoln

"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place." - Unknown

"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." - Alexander Graham Bell

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again." - Flavia Weedn

Motivational Quotes for Students

Nervous about your exams or didn't they go well? That's not the end, the road is still there, you are still on your feet and the destination is waiting for your arrival. So, give a pat on your back and say, 'Boy let's go, we can do this together!'

"Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!" - Anne Frank

"So celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed." - Mia Hamm

"If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream; you've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself." - Diana Ross

"Ah, Hope! What would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow." - François de la Rochefoucauld

Motivational Quotes About Life

"Life is a journey from darkness to darkness. What comes in between is a relationship with your family, friends and loved ones." Life in itself is a great wave of encouragement in the still waters of death and pain. Every time, this wave comes towards the shore and hits itself against huge rocks and retreats. But, after many years you will find the rocks smaller and worn out, but will never find the wave losing its pace and vigor. That's life!

"I don't want to come to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well." - Diane Ackerman

"I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far." - Neil Simon

"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it; and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and Bliss." - Swami Vivekananda

"Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come." - Rabindranath Tagore

Motivational Quotes from The Bible

What could provide words of encouragement than the Holy Bible?

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you." - John 14:27

"Let not the sun go down upon your wrath." - Ephesians 4:26

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." - Deuteronomy 31:6

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong" - Corinthians 16:13

"The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe." - Proverbs 18:10

Motivational Quotes for Work

Finally, some words to help you get some kudos at your workplace!

"Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best." - Theodore I. Rubin

"He that would have fruit must climb the tree." - Thomas Fuller

"How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?" - Elbert Hubbard

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." - Henry David Thoreau

"Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." - Doug Firebaugh

Out of the myriad collection of encouraging quotes, these were some of the special ones which I compiled for you. These quotes say everything, and so I am left with no other words, except this, "Life is short, but long enough to live. So, live, love and laugh to the fullest". Cheers!