Lee Haney Quotes

There is something about me that is collaborative, that wants to get the best performance out of somebody else or to hear something that somebody else has done that's good and to try and make it great.

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.

It's nice when they say I inspire them, it inspires me.

I love finding talent. Just to encourage people is a good thing. Every night, the audience encourages me. I'm just passing it on.

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.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

I don't think you can control people. I don't think you manage people. I think you give people a direction, you give them the resources, you lead by example. They get it right, you say, 'Atta girl.' And they get it wrong, you say, 'Not good.'

The likes of Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling - they give you all the confidence you need. They give you little pats on the back, tell you you're doing well.

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.

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

Everybody needs encouragement, even when things are going well.

Encourage me, and I will not forget you.

I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.

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.

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

I want to encourage people. One of the things I do encourage people is that - that Internet is a place where we should share our ideas and be positive, not negative.

Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.

Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

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

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.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.