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Discouraged Quotes

A collection of discouraged quotes. Find words of wisdom in these inspirational quotes on discouraged. We sometimes get discouraged, but the important thing is not staying discouraged. Let these discouraged quotes inspire and motivate you at times when you face discouragement in your life.

"Thousands of successful people did not achieve success on their first try, but they were not discouraged. They picked themselves up and went back at it with an even stronger, single minded tenacity to achieve their goal."
Catherine Pulsifer, from Do Not Be Discouraged

"Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times."
Napoleon Hill

"Do not be discouraged if your plans do not succeed the first time.
No one learns to walk by taking only one step."
Catherine Pulsifer

"Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged."
Thomas Edison

"Never, never, never quit!”
Winston Churchill

"Don't get discouraged, and think positive all the time. Don't get down on yourself if you lose out a couple of times. It's just a lot of hard work."
Larisa Oleynik

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."
Duke Ellington

"It is also vitally important that when faced with setbacks in achieving a goal, you need to stay focused and not let the setbacks discourage you.
Byron and Catherine Pulsifer , from The Beaver And His Goals


"Every seed knows its time- all in good time."
Russian Proverb


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more quotes and sayings about being discouraged:
"Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."
Richard Nixon

"I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success."
Joseph B. Lightfoot

"The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills."
William Arthur Ward

"Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these."
James Whitcomb Riley

"Ignore those who try to discourage you."
Wanda Hope Carter,To Achieve Your Dreams Remember Your ABCs

"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats."
B. C. Forbes

"Often people get discouraged or disillusioned by expecting everyone to instantly see the positive changes they have made. Allow time to work to your advantage."
Catherine Pulsifer, from Why Are Some People More Successful Than Others?

"If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success,
to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress."
Calvin Coolidge

"There are many ways of going forward,
but only one way of standing still."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

"A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying."
John Burroughs

"Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top."
Joseph Smith, Jr.

"Don't let people discourage you from living your dreams."
David DeNotaris

"Would you like me to give you a formula for...success?
It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure...
You're thinking of failure as the enemy of success.
But it isn't at all... You can be discouraged by failure--or you can learn from it.
So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can.
Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far side."
Thomas John Watson, Sr.

"One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged.
Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself."
Lucille Ball

"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage."
William E. Channing

"I am not discouraged,
because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."
Thomas Edison

"Most people are not really conceited, but feel a certain amount of inferiority and tend to get a little discouraged with themselves, therefore encouragement is a very important thing! I do it all the time! I praise everybody for everything they do that I see is good."
David Brandt Berg

"Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you,
and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes.
It is much better that they should fail than you should."
Charles Dickens


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