Most of the high spots in our lives come about through encouragement. I don't care how great, how famous, how successful a man may be, he hungers for applause.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.