Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

I was very lucky in that I had a couple of teachers who were particularly supportive.

I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.

I became a teacher because I wanted to make a difference in people's lives.

We can all remember a time when someone encouraged us and made a difference in our lives. It may be just a moment, but this encouragement could last a lifetime.

I have only got encouragement and lessons from my family, so I don't associate negative things like pressure with them.

I am the product of those who believed in me.

Never underestimate the power of an encouraging word.

To charm, to strengthen, and to teach: these are the three great chords of might.

My role is to coach, encourage, inspire, motivate, and help people.

Often really what you need is someone who will believe in you, who will encourage you to believe in yourself.

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

Teaching means to show a person that something is possible.

The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves

Everybody needs encouragement, even when things are going well.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.