Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.
Quotes about discouraging (15 Quotes)
Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. 2. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. 3. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. 4. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. 5. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. 6. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. 7. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. 8. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. 9. You cannot build character and courage by taking away mens initiative and independence. 10. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging.
At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me he said the whole idea was so disgusting that he could not entertain it for a moment.
Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future.
It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us.
It would be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and it said, 'Yes, it is true, but you won't be able to understand the proof.'
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
It's discouraging for me to come out there and watch the lack of fan support for a good team.
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected that you learn a word in place of a word and when I discovered how difficult the grammar was and learning that was very discouraging for me.
If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.