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Words of Encouragement

Words of EncouragementAdult students were asked to submit their favorite inspirational or motivational quotes for the "Encouraging Words" display in Jackson Library. Here are the quotes submitted by adult students to encourage other adult students to "hang in there." You can do it!

Special thanks to Kellie Foggie and Karen Feeney!

A gracious humble attitude is the Key to Kingdom, to the White House and to the CEO of major corporations.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Selma Roberts

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

- Harry S. Truman
Submitted by Michael Mcnair

A positive attitude is the key to success!

- Anonymous
Submitted by Cassandra Quarrells

Adapt, overcome, and persevere.

- the U.S. Army
Submitted by Richard Metcalf

Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Submitted by Jesse Russo

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

- Walt Disney
Submitted by Kimberly Miller-McDowell

Attitude is everything.

- Anonymous
Submitted by I. Israel Bilbao

Be who you want to attract.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Kimberly Wood

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good. What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving behind something I have traded for it. I want it to be gain, not loss; good, not evil; success, not failure in order that I shall never forget the price I have paid for it. Because the future is just a whole string of nows.

- Lou Holtz
Submitted by James Dye

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

- William Butler Yeats
Submitted by Lorene Eaton

Education without character is nothing.

- Martin Luther King Jr.
Submitted by Dan Fischer

Don't assume facts that are not in evidence.

- Anonymous

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

- Woody Allen
Submitted by Benjamin Wyatt

Faith that the thing can be done is essential to any great achievement.

- Thomas N, Carruther
Submitted by Donald Willis

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

- Jeremiah. 29:11
Submitted by Amanda Rorrer

Giving your best builds character, giving up destroys it.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Sandy Walker

Good manners will take you further in life than any degree you earned.

-Anonymous
Submitted by Selma Roberts

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

- Benjamin Franklin
Submitted by Steve Bridges

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

-Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Submitted by Michael Mcnair

He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.

- Saint Thomas Aquinas
Submitted by Jayce Johnson

I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Cassandra Quarrells

I wanted this. I worked hard for this. I deserve to be here. I have been through harder times than these. I will not feel out of place. I will not be intimidated. I will not intimidate others. I will welcome new opportunities. I can do this. I will do this. I will not fail. I will achieve my goals.

Submitted by Carla Hughes

If you're going through hell, keep going!

- Winston Churchill
Submitted by Joel Burdick

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

- George Eliot
Submitted by Sarena Nichols

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.

- William Shakespeare
Submitted by Lorene Eaton

It will all be worth it in the end.

Submitted by Nicole Smith

It's always darkest just before dawn.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Linda Simula, Aliedjawon Peoples and Dustin Smith.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

- Walt Disney
Submitted by Kimberly Miller-McDowell

Just keep swimming.  Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.

- Dori from Finding Nemo
Submitted by April Wright

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem.  We all have 24 hour days.

-Zig Ziglar
Submitted by Nicole Smith

Losers quit when they're tired, winners quit when they've won.

-Anonymous
Submitted by Sandy Walker

Love what you learn and do and all will follow.

- Zhen Tu
Submitted by Zhen Tu

Mira que te mando que seas fiel y seas valiente, no temas ni desmalles porque yo tu Dios estaré contigo todo los días de tu vida. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

- Joshua 1:9, Bible
Submitted by Josue Roman

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

- James 1:2-3, Bible
Submitted by Amanda Rorrer

Never, never, never give up.

- Winston Churchill
Submitted by Arnis Boshculte

No weapon formed against me shall prosper.

- Isaiah 54:17

Nothing lasts forever, hang in there!

- Anonymous
Submitted by Kathy Tysinger

Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

- Hebrews 11:1

Now i lay me down to study, i pray thee Lord that i won't go nutty, if i should fail to learn this junk, i pray thee Lord i will not flunk, but if i do, don't shed a tear, just put a rose behind my ear, tell my teacher i did my best, then pile my books upon my chest, if i should die before i wake, that's one less test i'll have to take.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Sheila Nelson

One should allow words of temperance to come out of their mouth and words of wisdom to settle in their heart, mind and soul.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Selma Roberts

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

- Lance Armstrong
Submitted by Jesse Russo

Quitters never win and winners never quit.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Linda Simula

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr
Submitted by Donna Muth

Teamwork is the key to success.

- Anonymous
Submitted by I. Israel Bilbao

That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger.

- Nietzche
Submitted by Sonia Haga

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

- George F.  Will
Submitted by Yentien Nguyen

The only failure is not to try.

- George Clooney
Submitted by Cynthia Walker

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

- Helen Keller
Submitted by Sheba Ricks

The trick is not to get rid of the butterflies, but to get them to fly in formation.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Amanda Rorrer

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

- Sydney J. Harris
Submitted by Lorene Eaton

There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

- The Dalai Llama
Submitted by Christine Kitchens-Frost

This too shall pass.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Lauren Kemp

Unity is strength.

- Anonymous
Submitted by I. Israel Bilbao

We do things that are hard quickly, things that are impossible take a little longer.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Scott Crofts

We have met the enemy and he is us.

- Pogo
Submitted by Donald Willis

Whether you think you can or you can't...You're right!

- Anonymous
Submitted by John Dyson

Why focus on life's destination without taking the time to enjoy the journey?

- Anonymous
Submitted by Elizabeth Ellenburg

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift, and that is why it's called the present.

- Anonymous
Submitted by I. Israel Bilbao

You are exactly where you are supposed to be, doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing.

Submitted by Justice Carpenter

You get out of it, in direct measure, to what you put into it.

- Anonymous
Submitted by Sharon Frazier
 

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