Definition of Encourage

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Definition of Encourage
	Encourage To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. Related Definitions: Animate, Confidence, Courage, Discourage, Enhearten, Forward, Give, Help, Hope, Incite, Increase, Inspire, Of, Opposite, Or, Raise, Spirit, The, To, With

Encourage Quotations

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
John F. Kennedy

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Sun Tzu

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.
Thomas Paine

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
Voltaire

Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.
Swami Vivekananda

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
Warren G. Bennis

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.
Dave Barry

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.
George Washington Carver

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
Sai Baba

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.
Denis Waitley

Encourage Translations

encourage in Afrikaans is aanmoedig
encourage in Danish is opmuntre
encourage in Dutch is aanvuren, aanwakkeren, aansporen
encourage in French is encouragez, encourager, encouragent, encourageons
encourage in German is ermutigen
encourage in Italian is incoraggiare, promuovere
encourage in Latin is erigo ; erexi, foveo, hortor
encourage in Portuguese is incentive
encourage in Spanish is promover, jalear, incitar, espolear, animar
encourage in Swedish is uppmuntra

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