Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.".
A people whose souls are so little tuned to joy.
The undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind.
The more I get used to my life, the more restless I become.
I think it's very easy to get discouraged early on.
The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it.
Atheism is a theoretical formulation of the discouraged life.
Don’t be discouraged by the size of your network – inspire one person and you are doing good.
That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man.
Too often [the Church] is weighted down and burdened with the sins and failings of her children; too often she appears disfigured and discouraged.
...the little man's total obliviousness to all forms of danger somehow made danger so discouraged that it gave up and went away.
Come and try me. Forget the past, if it makes you sad. I am the Land of the Second Chance. I am the Land of Beginning Again. I will not ask who your ancestors were. I want You- nothing matters now but just you and me, and we will make good together" This is the invitation of the prairie to the discouraged and weary ones of the old lands, whose dreams have failed, whose plans are gone wrong and were ready to fall out of the race.
See Gail Sheehy for a later, similar view, but of America.
Generally, I walk around in a glum mood.
When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
When I was 19, my heart wasn't in it. I hated training.
Do not be discouraged because you cannot learn all at once; learn one thing at a time, learn it well, and treasure it up, then learn another truth and treasure that up, and in a few years you will have a great store of useful knowledge.
I tried to write worse but it was no good; my generalizations came out as before, each more exquisite than the last. I grew discouraged.
Nobody else can make us discouraged; it is a choice that we alone make when facing disappointments.
If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers.
Don't get discouraged if you're hammering away at a sentence or a paragraph or a chapter, and it keeps coming out wrong. You're allowed to get it wrong, as many times as you need to; you only need to get it right once.
Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
I am profoundly in the D's - discouraged, depressed, disheartened, disgusted.
Do not lay things too much to heart. No one is ever really beaten unless he is discouraged.