~ There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause. ~
~ Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise ~
~ You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. ~
~ Correction does much, but encouragement does more. ~
~ Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. ~
~ A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success. ~
~ There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our ~
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