Best Encouraging Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“It is critical that we end incentives and loopholes that are encouraging immigrants to break the law and game the system.”

“My parents were encouraging me to write music at 9 years old, or they were encouraging me to pick and play my guitar and encouraging me to move to Nashville.”

“When you have a coach that's down your throat every day, you feel like you're always letting them down anyway, so it doesn't matter. But if you have a coach that's encouraging you, you want to win for them and you don't want to let a person like that down.”

“Much of the establishment was actually encouraging Obama to run in 2008.”

“Raheem's a very nice guy, he's very encouraging, very positive about everything he does.”

“People said it was difficult to get work in Mumbai and my parents were getting jittery then, but I got work in ten days and they were fine. They have never forced me to do anything. They have been very supportive and encouraging.”

“W' is all about encouraging people to focus on the Wins and not the Losses.”

“I'm strictly not into dancing and I'm definitely not encouraging death. In fact, I have the opposite problem: I'm so worried about dying that I've become a little obsessed about my health. And not in a good way.”

“Music is a very strong force when it comes to making a difference, as well as entertaining, soothing, and encouraging.”

“The people of Naples are so welcoming and happy to see me. My family and my brothers feel at home here too, we've got the best and most encouraging fans.”

“I suppose technically I could say I'm based in jazz, just because it's the school of thought that I've been encouraging myself to operate within.”

“It's always encouraging to see how people in our great state are working to propel Ohio forward.”

“For the future, Labour will be setting out a vision for a more productive economy, with rules encouraging investment for the long term, in which modern, high-quality infrastructure will be critical.”

“Being up in the game is always encouraging - you just have to keep the lead.”

“It's encouraging when people say you're shaping up all right.”

“I was very lucky, my parents were very encouraging, and both my grandmothers. They had exquisite taste.”

“We should be encouraging - not penalizing - folks who want to pursue higher education.”

“Knowing that I can play with some of the best out there is definitely encouraging.”

“All the materialistic things I have been able to have over the last number of years are slowly being taken away from me. It's been really challenging but also it's been encouraging to myself to see what my God is actually doing.”

“My father has been an inspiration - he instilled his work ethic without ever having to hammer it home. He was also very encouraging.”

“I was terrible at sport at school. I was fat, which made things slightly tougher, but it also meant that people were encouraging to the point of patronising.”

“My mother-in-law thinks I'm more beautiful than all the other faces around. She keeps encouraging me to take up more work.”

“We have to start encouraging people to step out of their comfort zones and start doing new things. Anything anybody does new, there are a bunch of naysayers.”

“I think I got serious about writing in the late '90s. The first stuff I wrote was terrible and got rejected, but I started getting more encouraging rejection letters.”

“The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging.”

“My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a writer; both me and my brother wrote.”

“Creating a safe space at our shows isn't encouraging anything. It's just saying thank you.”

“I didn't think I'd ever be a Michael Jackson fan. But... watching him move, watching him dance, is so encouraging for me. Because, in my mind, I can do all that stuff.”

“Theater has always been much more fun. You get a laugh, and it's really encouraging.”

“Religious liberty doesn't include encouraging a fellow American to engage in violent jihad and kill an American here. That is not protected free speech. That is not protected religious belief.”

“I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.”

“Things like the Women's March have been just so encouraging, and I'd like to see that continue.”

“I'm very lucky with my family. They've always been very encouraging, and they never thought that anything would hold me back. I'm very fortunate to have had that.”

“I start small. I'm kind to people. I say please, I say thank you, and I always try to be encouraging and positive.”

“A young person coming up and saying, 'I absolutely love your music,' is very encouraging.”

“As a parent, I often wonder what I should be encouraging my kids to do for a career.”

“Brit Marling is very positive, very professional, very encouraging.”

“My parents have both done some music stuff. My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging.”

“There are real impacts from lowering tax rates, encouraging savings.”

“Seek out a personal coach or mentor in the workplace. He/she should push you when you need it by encouraging and motivating you. Don't be afraid of their honesty.”

“We shouldn't be encouraging people to set up Cayman Island funds.”

“Instagram is great for us because it's encouraging people to shoot more stuff. Some of those snappers will become professional, and they may choose to sell their photos through us.”

“Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.”

“As a small business owner for the last 15 years, when I think of what truly changed my life, it was my faith, a strong family, my mom did a really, really good job of encouraging me in very clear and discernible ways.”

“The U.S. and Israel probably lead the way in terms of venture investment in technologies companies focused on the security paradigm. That is quite encouraging.”

“The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's like, you can't see yourself doing something until you see somebody else doing it. Other people were encouraging me singing, but this was the first time that I could see myself writing songs and playing guitar.”

“We have to start encouraging women to get into math and science early on in life... But to just say TechCrunch is perpetuating the problem because there aren't enough women speakers at our events is just a way to get attention and not solve the problem. So do we want to solve the problem, or do we want to just pick on me?”

“I'm one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it.”

“Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.”

“It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.”

“My mother was always encouraging about my wanting to be an artist.”

“Yeah I do and I don't mind, in fact that is one of the real encouraging things about this whole career of mine is that there are tunes I wrote almost thirty years ago that I will still play in front of an audience and I still like the old tunes.”

“Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.”

“I have a good supporting staff around me and good teammates encouraging me every single day to perform on the field and to perform in training and I set high standards for myself as well knowing that Bayern Munich is one of the best teams in the world.”

“I had some great English teachers. One of my favorite - her name was Linda Janoff - was wonderful and so irreverent and so smart and encouraging.”

“Since I was inexperienced in films, I thought it would be very intimidating to work with experienced people like Sanjay Suri and Samir Soni. But I must say they are very encouraging. They clapped when I gave a good shot.”

“I am impressed with Narendra Modi's leadership, the way he is taking India ahead and encouraging others to do so.”

“As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.”

“Nobody in my family has ever been into the field of acting. But I always wanted to be an actor and I thank my parents for being so supportive and encouraging.”

“My father was very encouraging.”

“There was a warm and encouraging environment at home. My self-loathing and neuroticism are not because of my upbringing.”

“I had studied the violin to a certain amount of success. At some point, I realized that I didn't really like the violin. I was only doing it because I could, and I was good at it, and everyone was encouraging me. But I didn't have a great love for it.”

“People aren't just listening to my single, but they are listening to the whole album - and that's really encouraging to me because you just never know what's going to happen when you put something out.”

“I was on the wheelchair for six months and lost all hope of returning to the field. I thought my career was over, but my brother kept on encouraging me. 'All that you need to do is to be resolute to return to the field,' he said. These words turned out to be magical.”

“Everybody likes good music, so when you're just playing good music and encouraging everybody to have fun, they'll have fun.”

“Young people need a boosting up really, a bit more encouraging and less looking down on them.”

“There are always going to be people who don't understand or want to say something negative. But ultimately I try to put my focus on the people who have been supportive and loving and encouraging throughout my journey.”

“We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national security. We would love to be able to actually force Twitter's hand to live up to its rules, explicitly forbidding hate speech and encouraging violence.”

“I think the idea of participation trophies has gotta be a really, really great thing. Kids are under enough pressure as it is without encouraging them to be the best too early.”

“Unfortunately, a platitude is not a plan. So I am encouraging people to turn towards the Green Party if they're looking for a real plan, because what we see is that the other parties, unfortunately, are intellectually exhausted.”

“My parents were very encouraging in having us get into the arts, whereas I have a lot of friends that didn't have that.”

“There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die.”

“My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents.”

“My parents were definitely encouraging with creativity.”

“One of the things I have learned is some of the most judgmental people have been other moms, and there have also been a ton of moms who have been very supportive and encouraging.”

“Telling or encouraging people to vote for a party would be an insult to peoples' intellect.”

“We need to ensure that taxpayer dollars are preventing human trafficking and smuggling, not encouraging it.”

“It's not that an actor needs to be pampered so much as that one needs to provide a nurturing environment that is encouraging.”

“Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book is fundamental.”

“So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle.”

“There's no better feeling than when I go outside and I see the faces of people who paid their money just to see me, that tells me the music is going where it's supposed to and that's encouraging.”

“Be the best teammate you can be, be the best player you can be, and just be as supportive and encouraging for the people who are playing.”

“I love talking to the youth and helping them as much as I can or encouraging them, if I can help them at all.”

“I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging; it's just my personality.”

“Michelle Obama. She is big on encouraging kids to eat healthy - which is great.”

“My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a play - regardless of whether you like their performance you tell them how great they are because they have to go on again the next night.”

“When you're encouraging - the government is encouraging guns to be sold illegally to people that shouldn't have them, the laws aren't being faithfully executed.”

“I've completely changed what I eat and how I view food. My friends and family eat really healthy and they've been encouraging me. I feel great!”

“Icons like Nagarjuna sir and Jagapati Babu sir have been so encouraging and shared such great energy, welcoming me into the Telugu film industry. It is motivating.”

“I never thought I would do a TV show, I never thought I could do it, so I was not expecting a really good performance. It was more about building confidence, and good or bad, I was encouraging other people and pushing myself.”

“The environment on set is very encouraging.”

“My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.”

“I find myself seeking out the commonalities of our different religious experiences with hopes of encouraging, through my writings, the most hopeful, loving and redemptive qualities in all of us.”

“I was a very imaginative child, and my parents were very encouraging of that. My sister and I would put on plays; I would write my own stories.”

“Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place for me.”

“With my childhood and growing up in a very free place where my parents were artists and always encouraging me to explore, you wouldn't think I was locked up in my own mind, but I was.”

“The Peapod Foundation provides tools and mentors encouraging children to express themselves through music and art.”

“I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.”

“I have really musical parents, and my dad was always encouraging, but the desire to get onstage and perform really did come from me. I'd never push my future children.”

“Having a support system is huge for writers. My parents were always encouraging and told me they were behind me, whether or not I made it in the business. My wife was always there for my successes and failures.”