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Quote:Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts.[Thomas Paine]

Quote:I've occasionally heard that I was kicked out of Harvard for being a Communist, for dealing drugs, for corrupting minors, or for diverse other infractions of local decorum. Unfortunately, none of these rumors are true. The one I've heard more often is that I am dead. That one I encouraged, hoping it would cut down on the junk mail. It didn't.[Tom Lehrer]

Quote:People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be, not what you nag them to be.[Author Unknown]

Quote:Children need encouragement. So if a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way, he develops a good, lucky feeling.[Jack Handey]

Quote:Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.[Pat Robertson]



Definitions of: encourage

Definition: To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.

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