43 Quotes About Discouragement

Discouragement is a result of a loss of confidence and enthusiasm. This dispiritedness can have a long term negative impact on one’s life depending upon the extent to which it has occurred. For many, it is normal to experience moments of disappointment and discouragement. To ensure that these feelings do not become debilitating, here are some encouraging quotes about discouragement to revitalize your passion for life.

“A life of hardship and personal suffering is unavoidable. A person must endure many humiliations of the mind and body, and expect persons whom they trusted to someday betray them.”

“Abundant living is realizing that life is a privilege whether it’s adhering to our scripts or not.”

“An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent.”

“As knowing God becomes more important to you, you will stop thinking about discouragements and persecutions; you will stop worrying altogether.”

“Consequences need not be the obstacles that I dread, but the direction that I need.”

“Disappointment focuses on ‘what is not,’ and completely misses the far greater reality of ‘what now is.'”

“Disappointment is really just a term for our refusal to look on the bright side.”

“Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.”

“Discouragement is the cancer of great things.”

“Do not be discourage by people who reject your true purpose. Do not stop because of anxiety; stop because you are done with the mission!”

“Don’t be discouraged by life’s difficulties. With hope and determination, you can triumph over any difficulties.”

“Don’t be discouraged if the people around you don’t see what you see in your dream. Most great people were doubted in the beginning of their journey to greatness.”

“Don’t ever shelter the feeling of discouragement in your mind, because it only comes to distract one from one’s true abilities in life.”

“Dream murderers are people who refuse to learn and optimize their own dreams.”

“Embrace who you are and your divine purpose. Identify the barriers in your life, and develop discipline, courage and the strength to permanently move beyond them, and keep moving forward.”

“Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.”

“I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”

“I’ve had the kind of bad day no quote can fix.”

“If I get up just one less time than the number of times I’ve been knocked down, I have done one of the most devastating things possible; I have halted my life at that very spot.”

“If you fear doing something, don’t discourage others who are doing it.”

“If you’re feeling discouraged and defeated—don’t quit. Play on, hope on, and move forward.”

“In a sense, discouragement does not have to exist. Allow it to be rather the encouragement to honestly reconsider all the options, then, as necessary, shine on.”

“In the darkest night the sun may seem like an extinguished match or an ember drowned by rain.”

“It’s an unfortunate fact that I’m easily discouraged. But the fortunate truth is I’m stubborn as hell and near impossible to sway in my resolve.”

“Keep moving; don’t stop by to check on whoever else is not willing to go. The entire road is yours to speed on till you get there. Never be discouraged!”

“Lose of hope leads to discouragement.”

“Love has no fear, willing to take on anyone. But how much we fear love!”

“My life has become a dismal sigh fettered by pangs of grief and anguished weeping.”

“Negative people can only infest you with discouragements when they find you around… Just get lost and get saved!”

“Never get discouraged because you got fired.”

“Never let the words of discouragement from others sway you away from reaching far with your dreams.”

“Never say that you can’t do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can’t be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds.”

“Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.”

“No matter what it is that you are going through at this very moment, I encourage you to choose perseverance over discouragement.”

“On the road to nowhere there are many people who lack the vision to get you anywhere.”

“Some people become fully discouraged in life because of their series of mistakes and failures; while others succeed by consistently learning from theirs.”

“The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.”

“The closer you are to the end of your temporal trials, the louder the voice of critics. Close your ears to the heavy downpours of their discouragements.”

“The preachers of past failures are the detractors of the success of the present and jeopardizers of the future.”

“The worst thing in life is having parents that always stand against you and never with you.”

“Those who lack courage are often the first to discourage.”

“When surrounded by the ashes of all that I once cherished, despite my best efforts I can find no room to be thankful.”

“You may think you’ve hit rock bottom in your life but guess what—there’s more crud underneath those rocks.”

There are many ways you can work towards combating influences of discouragement in your life.