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No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.
Disgust at the torments that shackle us, the chains of heavy life.
We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment
Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.
Discouragement is not from God.
False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.
What is more miserable than discontent?
Holding on to expectations is often the source of unforgiving feelings.
Discouraging words should not weigh you down instead they should challenge you
One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists, sourpusses.
The combination of fear of disappointment, entitlement, and performance pressure is a recipe for hopelessness and self-doubt.
When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!
Discontment is an insidious thing, trapping us into thinking that which is enough is longer enough, and that which is satisfying is no longer satisfying.
Those who lack courage are often the first to discourage.
An inability to encourage someone else is usually rooted in an absorption
with self that is blind to the needs or gifts of others, or a pride that cannot bring itself to praise God's grace in them.
We all get discouraged.
Dismiss any thought that leads to discouragement.
The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our wills without generally caring to inform us why; and she sometimes decrees, indeed, that her reasons shall not be ours.
Discouragements, then, must come from ourselves and Satan, who laboureth to fasten on us a loathing of duty.
Being discouraged is natural but giving up is not an option.
Motivation begins with discomfort- with needs that are unfulfilled.
Rebuke
Obstinate regression
bringing untold paths
of deep dark foreboding
depression...
Nothing causes more pain, frustration, and disappointment than unfulfilled expectations.
The way to deal with discouragement? The cure for disappointment? Go back and read the story of God. Read it again and again. Be reminded that you aren't the first person to cry. And you aren't the first person to be helped. Read the story, and remember - the story is yours!
A lot of my work deals with this emotion of discouragement or fear, and this emotion cannot be approached without humor because then things become indigestible. You don't want to eat them; you don't want to be in contact with them.
Habits of pessimism lead to depression, wither achievement, and undermine physical health. The good news is that pessimism can be unlearned, and that with its removal depression, underachievement, and poor health can be alleviated.
Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.
Despair wishes their hope diminishes.
A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds
Enabling is the enemy of motivation.
When we're confronted by reality that's less than our expectations, we go into a downward spiral of disappointment and frustration that can leave us even more stuck.
Disappointment gives you Fear.
Credence gives you Strength.
sorrow and despair. All too many
Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.
I am profoundly in the D's - discouraged, depressed, disheartened, disgusted.
Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.
Complacency is a blight that saps energy, dulls attitudes, and causes a a drain in the brain. The first symptom is satisfaction with things as they are. The second is rejection of things it as they might be. "Good enough" becomes days today's watchword and tomorrow standard.
Negative thinking hinders others from making a positive response.
Self appointed expectations lead to self induced frustrations.
Never discourage anyone ... who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Anything that's not positive, I don't have the energy to focus on it. Anything that's not going in the right direction, I don't have the time or the energy.
Ever since I was a child my reaction to the forbidden has been a stubborn desire to keep pushing: obstacles make something uncontrollably and deeply necessary.
Disappointment can drive us, or it can defeat us.
unfavorable feeling,
I'm an encourager at heart. I love to give words of encouragement and I love to receive words of encouragement. That's probably why words of discouragement affect me so deeply.
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.
Denial, anger, acceptance
Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.
What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.
Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement
Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.
The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.
Cowardice, the dread of what will happen.
To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics:
I can write.
I have the opportunity to do so.
I love what I write.
Now smile and be thankful.
Pessimism is often a failure of imagination.
Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors, by showing what has already been performed.
Apathy. I haven't yet reached that stage. I'm still at the complaining one, but I imagine that soon - in a matter of months, days, or hours - a complete lack of interest will set in that will be very hard to dispel.
An unfinished feeling.
Satan is ever present, trying to destroy our glory and remove our crown. One of his most powerful tools is discouragement. Don't let your discouragement make Satan rejoice.
They Have a Negative Attitude and Pessimistic Outlook
There is a decivilizing bug somewhere at work; unconsciously persons of stern worth, by not resenting and resisting the small indignities of the times, are preparing themselves for the eventual acceptance of what they themselves know they don't want.
Once again I distrusted happiness, mistaking it for complacency.
The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
The anticipation of excitement can lead to disappointment
The need of motivation is the excuse that kills the discipline needed to achieve your goals.
The negative way of thinking based on constant complaints, strains, and objections of discontent steals our energy
The depressed fall back exhausted from every undertaking.
Antisappointment. Anticipation colliding head-on with the certainty of its own doom.
Negative thoughts can put you DOWN
Seeming contentment is real discontent, combined with indolence or self-indulgence, which, while taking no legitimate means of raising itself, delights in bringing others down to its own level.
Many feel discouraged because they have not measured up to their potential.
Baumeister's group has repeatedly found that an effort of will or self-control is tiring; if you have had to force yourself to do something, you are less willing or less able to exert self-control when the next challenge comes around. The phenomenon has been named ego depletion. In
It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us.
The complacency engendered by the tranquil possession of a God-given truth.
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.
Motivation is a drug: a cure when it is in effect and poison when it is off effect.
When you have discovered disappointment as the guide to yourself, you will be eager to learn how much you are disappointed about yourself: about
At the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality.
When expectations exceed reality, frustration is the result.
Lack of emotion causes lack of progress and lack of motivation.
procrastination,
Disappointment and feebleness imprint upon us a cowardly and valetudinarian virtue.
I have a fear of failure.
When we say no, or when we follow our dreams or true callings - people might be disappointed in our choices. Allowing people their disappointments sets us free.
dislike in ourselves.
Expectation is the mother of all frustration.
If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness and your intellectual pride will inhibit His coming to live in your heart because God cannot fill what is already full. It is as simple as that.
Disappointments are often my greatest motivation.
If you are going through a time of discouragement, there is a time or great personal growth ahead.
Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.
Being disappointed is sometimes an inevitable outcome that no one can control.
Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.
When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.
Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth.
Negative mindset, negative lifestyle
Fear of failure is expressed in negative goal-setting, indecisiveness, and fear of adverse consequences
Ignorance; lack of knowledge or lack of curiosity.
I believe that obstinacy, or the dread of control and discipline, arises not so much from self-willedness as from a conscious defect of voluntary power; as foolhardiness is not seldom the disguise of conscious timidity.
Contemplate the difference between a reason and an excuse. A reason is its own reward, but an excuse leads to disappointment every time.