False Encouragement Quotes

Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.

People in the Midwest, there's a lot of regional pride and a lot more, like, fake positivity - 'That's great - you're awesome!'

The smiles that encourage severity of judgment hide malice and insincerity.

The trouble with giving yourself a pep talk is, that deep down you know it's all bullshit.

I like to joke that if I had a dollar for everybody who slapped me on the back and said, 'Hey Jeb, you're all set,' I'd be retired now.

Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.

False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.

But then if you lied to a man about his talent just because he was sitting across from you, that was the most unforgivable lie of them all, because that was telling him to go on, to continue which was the worst way for a man without real talent to waste his life, finally. But many people did just that, friends and relatives mostly.