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

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement. – George M. Adams

Man tends to root for the underdog, because he fears that he will find himself in that same position far too often. – Michael S. Rosenberg

I believe that any mans life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living. – Booker T. Washington