Top 176 Discouragement Quotes & Sayings

Discouragement seizes us only when we can no longer count on chance.

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice.

Discouragement is of all ages: In youth it is a presentiment, in old age a remembrance.

The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something

Satan is ever present, trying to destroy our glory and remove our crown. One of his most powerful tools is discouragement. Don't let your discouragement make Satan rejoice.

Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.

The discouragement masquerades as the impossibility.

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.

We can cross the rivers of doubt and discouragement on the bridge of faith even before we get to them

There has always been discouragement, negativism, and temptation in the world because of Lucifer.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

For every discouragement has been allowed to come to us in order that through it we may be cast in utter helplessness at the Saviour's feet.

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

Faith must always pass the test of discouragement.

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds

What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

There is no greater illness than discouragement!

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.

If you are going through a time of discouragement, there is a time or great personal growth ahead.

Discouragement is an attitude.

Great achievement goes through, not around, discouragement. Is there a roadblock in my way, keeping me from something I want to achieve? Am I discouraged? I understand now that discouragement often precedes achievement. Instead of retreating from the roadblock or seeking a way around it, I will boldly punch a hole through it and continue toward my goal.

Discouragement is not from God.

(Discouragement) Can be temporary-or it can destroy our life. The choice is ours. If we refuse to deal with discouragement head-on, we are opening the door for it to completely dominate our life.

Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

You can be whatever you want to be. Don't let discouragement take you down.

[On the camel:] Its weak point is its morale, and it is here that so much depends on its human master. Discouragement is fatal ... it loses heart, sinks by the wayside and dies.

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!

Who really benefits from discouragement? More often than not, encouragement is exactly what is needed.

Disappointments will come and go, but discouragement is a choice that you make.

Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

I allow myself to have my feelings of disappointment and discouragement, but never to sit and wallow in them.

All the adversity and discouragement is trying to cloud your mind. But I learned to deal with it. In the end, I'm happy and thankful and blessed.

Discouragement tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave.

Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

Stopping before you reach the goal does not make the discouragement go away. All it does is make the discouragement permanent. Instead, keep going, keep making the attempt, until you make that last, fulfilling attempt that brings the success you desire.

God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it is not from God. He sometimes brings pain to his children-conviction over sin, or repentance over fallenness, or challenges that scare us, or visions of his holiness that overwhelm us. But God never brings discouragement.

Senators are a never-ending source of amusement, amazement, and discouragement.

To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.

There is such a thing as seduction, and it needs encouragement rather than discouragement in our puritanical Anglo-American world.

I'm continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

Any tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes.

Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.

Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible.

Discouragement itself is a form of pride.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.