The act of encouraging

The state of being encouraged

One that encourages

A sincere compliment is one of the most effective tools to teach and motivate other.

Appreciation is like an insurance policy. You have to keep renewing it.

Appreciation is the secret of happiness.

Avoid expectations of appreciation and pain of criticism.         – Hemant C. Lodha

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish one’s growth without destroying one’s roots.

Don’t wait unit people do things exactly right before you praise them.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from his neck saying Make Me Feel Important! Never forget this message when working with people.  – Mary Kayash

Fortunate is the one who has learned to Admire, but not to envy.

He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest humans being has something to give that the richest could not buy.          – George Matthew Adams

I can live for two months on one good compliment.                          – Mark Twain

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen.                                                                – Loretta Girzartis

If you cannot appreciate what you have at the moment, how can you value what the future has in store.                                                               – Brahma Kumaris

Insincere praise is worse than no praise at all.

Lack of appreciation turns people off. All people hope for certain rewards in return for their work. If they do not receive them, they become discouraged.

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.      – Greek Proverb

Most people do not mind working hard. What stops them is when no one seems to appreciate their efforts.

Motive for action is motivation. To motivate means to encourage or inspire.

Praise can raise anyone’s altitude and can change anyone’s attitude.

– Hemant C. Lodha

Praise in public… discipline in private. Respect a man, he will do more.

– James Howell

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

– Benjamin Franklin

Unfortunately the best people get the least attention because angers spend more time with the people who are having problems than those who are already doing a good job.

Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.                                                     – Baltasar Gracian

You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.      – American Proverb

Two Brothers

This is a story of two brothers; one was a drug addict and a drunk who frequently beat up his family. The other one was a very successful businessman who was respected in society and had a wonderful family. Some people wanted to find out why two brothers from the same parents, brought up in the same environment, could be so different.

The first one was asked. “How come you do what you do? You are a drug addict, a drunk, and you beat your family. What motivates you?” He said, “My father,” They asked, “What about your father?” The reply was, my father was a drug addict, and a drunk and he beat his family. What do you expect me to be? That is what I am. They went to the brother who was doing every thing right and asked him the same question. “How come you are doing everything right? What is your sources of motivation?” And guess what he said? “My father. When I was a little boy, I used to see my dad drunk and doing all the wrong things. I made up my mind that that is not what I wanted to be. “Both were driving their strength and motivation from the same source, but one was using it positively and the other negatively.

Moral of the story:

One gets motivated by one’s own perceptions. 

Someday, you will be able to make

the world wonder at your skill;

Thus remove all gloomy fog of doubt

and continue to climb uphill.

So what if you can’t run fastest or swim the sea?

So what if you can’t kick a ball or climb a tree?

Let you be yourself, just let yourself be.

There will be a rainbow and a new beginning, you will see.

It doesn’t matter if others have criticized or withdrew.

They don’t know what it takes to really be you!

There will be many to tell you it can not be done.

Persist with courage and you will conquer one by one.