Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. George M. Adams

Encouragement through praise is the most effective method of getting people to do their best. Gottfried R. Von Kronenberger

Encouraging words fill the heart. Author Unknown

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you. William Arthur

I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living. Booker T. Washington

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

Lonely people, hurting people need someone to help them up, to encourage them, to support them, to let them know they’re no alone. Billy Graham

Most of the high spots in our lives come about through encouragement. I don't care how great, how famous, how successful a man may be, he hungers for applause. Author Unknown

Take with you words, strong words of courage: words that have wings! Tall words, words that reach up, and growing words, with deep life within them. Jo Petty.

The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century. Sidney Madwed

The most precious gift that one person can bestow upon another is gentle encouragement. Phillip Keller

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

The world is full of people and events that drain faith and spirit from your family, but God has given you the ability to fight off these enemies with loving words of encouragement. Never underestimate their power. Le Ann Weiss

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause. George M. Adams

There are so many hurts that circumstances and the world inflict upon us, we need the constant reinforcement of encouragement. Billy Graham