Tony Dungy Quotes

Who really benefits from discouragement? More often than not, encouragement is exactly what is needed.

Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.

Encourage those around you. Encourage yourself.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

Kick ass, Jay

When you're given a platform, and you're allowed to perform, and someone's there to heighten you as opposed to dampen you, that's a nice feeling.

Surround yourself with people who support you. Find champions.

As women, we should set an example and make others feel confident that they can do amazing things as well.

I think me, as a leader, as a guy that's been cut, been humiliated, embarrassed, whatever you put on it, I think it's important just to embrace the guys around you, really support them, encourage them and then kinda give them that confidence. Let them know that you believe in them, and hopefully they'll get to believing in themselves.

And whenever you're struggling, it's so important to have a cheerleader who's there for you and can remind you of the great things you've done. Because sometimes you just can't remember them yourself.

It's awesome for your coach to trust you and have confidence in you.

I am the product of those who believed in me.

It's amazing what a little encouragement can do.

Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, "Go on, go on - you can do it!

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

Encouragement is oxygen for the soul

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend, a parent, a guardian, a sister, a grandmother. It only takes one person, and it doesn't really matter who it is.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.

When someone you have a lot of respect for believes in you, it helps you believe in yourself.