Motivational quotes

I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it

Franklin at seventy-nine, on the thirteen-virtue chart he had kept since his twenties.

While my care was employ'd in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage of inattention; inclination was sometimes too strong for reason.

Why the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection turned out to be harder than he had imagined.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Paul closes the letter with encouragement to strength and love.

Let all that you do be done in love.

Paul closes the letter with encouragement to strength and love.

But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”

The prophet Azariah encourages Asa and the people to continue their work of renewal.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua receives encouragement as he takes on the leadership of Israel.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Paul describes continuing toward his calling and the community's shared hope in Christ.

Make up your minds that you are going to overcome every discouragement, and that you are not going to let any discouragement overcome you.

From a Sunday-evening talk to Tuskegee students, given after listing the things that were actually discouraging them -- bad marks, no books, no money, no friends.

Very many people, very many students, who otherwise would succeed, who would go through school creditably, graduating with honours, have failed to succeed because they became discouraged.

out of the hard and unusual struggle through which he is compelled to pass, he gets a strength, a confidence, that one misses whose pathway is comparatively smooth

Written of the Negro boy who must work harder than a white youth for the same recognition, in the chapter where Washington says he no longer envies him.

Your life will be wasted if you go away from here and have not learned that the greatest lesson of all is the lesson of brotherly love, of usefulness and of charity.

You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so: and you have no pity.

Jane confronts her aunt’s mistreatment and insists on her need for kindness and affection.