Definition of Discouragement

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Discouragement

The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement.

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Discouragement Quotations

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
Dale Carnegie

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'
Billy Graham

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
Vincent Van Gogh

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
Florence Scovel Shinn

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.
Francis Ford Coppola

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.
Lynn Abbey

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.
Amy Tan

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.
Neal A. Maxwell

Discouragement Translations

discouragement in German is Entmutigung
discouragement in Spanish is desanimo

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