Encourage Quotes

“Invest in the people in your lives. Find that friend who makes you feel ten feet tall and bulletproof. Build them up and encourage them. Show up for each other no matter how big or small the occasion. Link arms and walk into any crowd, fake laughing like you own the world and you will!”
― Jenna Fischer, The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There

“Encouraged by her headmistress Beatrice Harris, whose embrace of feminine independence and suffragist views would have an enduring influence on Clementine, she was secretly nursing dreams of academia.”
― Sonia Purnell, Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill

“For being there for me during many challenging moments. For encouraging me when I was down. For pushing me, believing in me.”
― Maria Sharapova, Unstoppable: My Life So Far

“First, a mother who, by her example, made reading a delight and counseled me constantly to “be independent,” able to fend for myself, whatever fortune might have in store for me. Second, teachers who influenced or encouraged me in my growing-up years.”
― Ruth Bader Ginsburg, My Own Words

“Clementine was welcomed back to her old school by the headmistress, Beatrice Harris, who had imbued her with ideas of female independence. Clementine never forgot her encouragement and example.”
― Sonia Purnell, Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill

“The best gifts are those that leave something in the heart of the recipient long after the gift has left their hands.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Most of the work I do is as a “stretch” and not a “shrink.” I help athletes expand their comfort zone and encourage them to take risks.”
― Gary Mack, Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

“She always encouraged us to be grateful for the things we had—for life itself. She always expressed joy.”
― Scott Jurek, Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“The real athletes did it for the love of the sport itself and the love of each other—encouraging one another to explore their limits.”
― Scott Jurek, Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“It’s important to recognize these budding stars. With guidance and perhaps a few words of encouragement (i.e., letting them know that you recognize these traits inside them and want them to assume the role of leader) you can help them cultivate self-belief and hasten the process of their development.”
― Brett Bartholomew, Conscious Coaching: The Art and Science of Building Buy-In

“While climbing, Kevin and I were like brothers. We laughed, encouraged each other, pushed each other.”
― Tommy Caldwell, The Push, Running Up That Hill, Alone on the Wall, The Impossible Climb 4 Books Collection Set

“She encouraged him in her sweetest voice. “Stick with it, you can do it. You got it, push hard.”
― Tommy Caldwell, The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits

“Our unit leaders pulled their guys in close with last-minute notes about what to expect and words of encouragement.”
― Urban Meyer, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

“You do not make it through SEAL training without the support and encouragement of the guys around you. It is in the crucible of training that the bond—the uncommon commitment—of the SEAL brotherhood is built.”
― Urban Meyer, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

“They encouraged each other as they suffered through ridiculously hard workouts. They pushed each other. They coached each other. They made each other better.”
― Urban Meyer, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

“Nothing encourages an athlete more than making plays and having success in practice. Small victories can play a major role when you have a player who is dealing with the stress of change or even some other issue. Do whatever you can to reinforce someone’s confidence by helping him achieve small victories. So much of leadership comes down to knowing the people you are leading and providing them with what they need to succeed. It is also about making them confident to take risks and make changes.”
― Urban Meyer, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

“A caring gesture to encourage his fading teammates. The camaraderie moved me.”
― Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

“I found the words to encourage myself: Focus on the next mile. Keep going.”
― Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

“The pace was hard from the first mile to the finish and I had to use mental strategies to encourage myself the entire way.”
― Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

“Around the halfway point when the pace required more effort, the internal cheerleader stepped in—the encouraging voice that pushed me in every race. Good job, work this hill. Just focus on the mile you’re in. Drive your arms. Drive. Drive!”
― Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

“She’d always believed in me, encouraged me. I could trust her with my dreams and hopes.”
― Erik Orton, Seven at Sea: Why a New York City Family Cast Off Convention for a Life-Changing Year on a Sailboat

“To my classmates, teammates, teachers, coaches, and friends, and the people in the medical field who encouraged and challenged me to be my best in every aspect of life.”
― Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

“Think of me as your coach. I’m encouraging you to play big. I’ve taken hits on and off the field and broken barrier after barrier after barrier—a living testament to the fact that it can be done. I want you to do the same. There’s simply no stopping you. My hope is that by the end of this book, you’ll be inspired to dream the unimaginable. You’ll be unstuck from whatever is holding you back from getting out there and changing the world, your world or the world of someone you know and care about. From doing something you never thought doable. From blazing a trail not yet taken. I followed my dream without having a role model; there was no path to follow, no inkling that making it to the biggest stage in sport could happen for a woman. My point: you never know what’s out there to go for until it’s out there to go for. Remember that, too. In my gridiron journey, there was no certainty, only hope and a belief in something bigger. There was no way to envision myself in any of the places that I ultimately busted through because, as a woman, it was unimaginable.”
― Jen Welter, Play Big: Conquer Your Fears and Make Your Dreams a Reality - Lessons from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL

“People in your field, athletes, coaches, they’re watching you, and they’re encouraging you, and they’re pulling for you. That helps on a bad day.”
― Molly Schiot, Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History

“The other coach encouraged me to go for it. I took two of my kids and had one belay me. Halfway through, the rest of the team drove up and were cheering me on. It wasn’t the time to do Shadow Boxing, but I was climbing well, the conditions changed in a positive direction, and I had all that support. I made it.”
― Chris Santella, Fifty Places to Rock Climb Before You Die: Rock Climbing Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations

“Ruth very much admired her mother, who encouraged Ruth to be independent and self-sufficient.”
― Ruth Bader Ginsburg, My Own Words

“To build up courage, encourage others.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“Encourage each other.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“It is our mission to enrich the lives of those around us. Therefore, such an action is not a choice nor does it fall to the bane of our selfish preferences. Nonetheless we presume it a choice that we defer to others who might be more aligned with such ideals. And in doing so we trudge through our lives leaving footprints empty and barren. And should a passerby catch sight of those prints, they might wonder why we were so foolish as to walk in such a way. And if at some point that passerby should happen to be us, regret will be added to the footprints which we already regret.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Maybe one of the greatest criticisms that we can levy against ourselves is our unwillingness to stand against the criticisms that people levy against themselves.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough