Sentences with phrase «saying encouraging things»

But big - hearted Poppa, given to saying encouraging things like «you've got to earn your mark by doing something bigger than yourself,» thinks it will all work out.

She snoozed on my couch while my doula and I made our way to pushing... Then she awoke like a superhero and checked the heartbeat and said some encouraging things and joined my hubby in the other room.

They can distract themselves, say encouraging things to themselves, think about a problem in a new way, ask for specific help, keep trying, take a short break then try again, or walk away from an unhealthy situation.

I thought Darryl would make fun of him, but instead he just smiled good - naturedly and pointed to the squiggles and said encouraging things like «Yeah, and here's an alien coming down in a spaceship.»

Not exact matches

«We were encouraged by many pieces of the bill that align with what we've been saying, in particular a ban on paid prioritization and blocking are things we have advocated for,» says Althea Erickson, Etsy's head of public policy.

«Well, I'll be glad to tell you what I know,» I said, «but it's the last thing I'd encourage you to do.

With that said, there are small things that we as leaders can do to encourage our teammates to build the culture we need to succeed.

«There's a big difference between [medical marijuana] and recreational marijuana, and I think when you see something like the opioid addiction crisis blossoming in so many states around this country, the last thing we should be doing is encouraging people,» said Spicer during the briefing.

Haney said in a statement to Business Insider: «We built Outdoor Voices as an inclusive, positive brand to encourage people to get active and start Doing Things.

«I encourage you to take a look and say, «If I were to budget yearly, about how much money would I need for these different things?»»

«I will say that of the many shows I do throughout the year, Girls Night In was a singular evening that encouraged women to get together, talk and laugh about the things we go through as well as donate some money to Planned Parenthood.

«I do things in my office that encourage kid - like thinking,» Littman says.

Without that, they said, it would be hard to convince markets and households that things will get better, and encourage the shift in mood many economists feel are needed to improve economic performance worldwide.

«Everyone's Instagramming when they're traveling and when they're seeing the world, so what we've really done is highly encourage our customers that when you're traveling and doing cool things, share it,» she said.

«Anything that is encouraging deployment of new technologies is ultimately a good thing for entrepreneurs in the space,» says Neichin.

On the other hand, more Republicans than Democrats say it's a bad thing to encourage young boys to play with toys or participate in activities typically associated with girls.

On the other hand, 69 percent of millennials say it's a good thing for parents to encourage young boys to play with toys and pursue activities normally associated with girls, while older generations don't support such a move as much.

I encourage people to own up to the fact that they're figuring it out, that you're inventing new things, and that sometimes you're going to get it wrong,» Colonna said.

Lewis had hoped the book would be inspiring, he said, and that IEX's example might encourage would - be Wall Streeters to stop worrying about getting their half - a-million-dollar bonus at age 23 and instead think «let's figure out some useful thing to do in the world that happens to be on Wall Street», he said.

Not once did he have an explicitly negative thing to say about either president, and I got the sense that he cared deeply about the execution of his job, which was highly encouraging.

«One of the things that encourages me about our country,» he said, «is that for over half [our history] we wasted half our talent.

More importantly, executives had encouraging things to say about Sanmina's near - term future, pointing to new initiatives that could help push the company forward more aggressively during the remainder of the fiscal year.

The anonymity of the web encourages people to behave in a way and say things they wouldn't face to face.

What's been the most encouraging thing that anyone has said to you since this whole thing has kind of picked up steam?

The first thing pastors should do during tough economic times is «pray for, comfort and encourage» parishioners, he said.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

Rev King said: «Although our primary target is always non-believers, we know that Christians are picking them up and finding them encouraging - which is never a bad thing.»

And I speak up when a few vocal evangelical leaders say hateful things about LGBT people or encourage bullying or condone misogyny because I feel like I have this investment in the community and it's important for those invested in the community to speak up when its leaders are hurting our witness to the world... But I'm not sure I can do that anymore.

To the person who heard that word of wisdom as with all words of prophecy I would encourage you to bring it to God and see what he says - sometimes people get things wrong but also sometimes the words given can be about events not now but to come

The more encouraging messages from readers, and especially from the growing number of readers of college age, are those that say they discovered in First Things a perspective that enabled them to turn the cacophony of impassioned opinions into the paths of robustly constructive conversation.

RT encourages you to beware being too quick to say, «Surely not, that can't be God» - and shows how from the Garden of Eden onwards, God has often chosen «foolish things» to confound the «wise».

One thing members of the LDS faith are encourage to do, unlike some other religions, is to know for themselves what is true and to not rely on what someone else says is true.

In a phone interview from his boat, he said he wrote the book to «to encourage people that have wandered away or lost the confidence in the things that have been on their heart for years.»

Looking people in the eye, listening to what they have to say and making an intelligent response that lets them know we really heard what they were saying, not acting like we're in a hurry to move on but have time to listen, letting them know they are more important than our stupid cell phones, encouraging them and letting them know we think they can succeed — all of those things are extremely important in building relationships, including relationships with homeless people.

Peter says the same thing (1 Pet 2:13 - 14), and Jeremiah encouraged Jewish exiles to «seek the welfare of Babylon» where they were living in exile (Jer 29:7).

I would like to know: what is the most encouraging (and maybe surprising) thing said to or done for you by fellow Christians since your coming out?

In trying to account for it I propose to say some things in the last lecture about practical facts in modern American church life which operate to encourage, if not to demand this deadening and guilt - begetting circumstance.

The reasons for the lack of diversity in leadership are complex, but Henry says that proactively encouraging it can only be a positive thing: «The experience of the secular world confirms that diversity around the board table adds great value and makes sense.

The first thing to be said is how immensely encouraging it is to find such enthusiasm and intellectual energy in an effort to renew mainstream Christianity.

Metaphors, I said, may momentarily encourage us to see patterns which we might not have noticed (the process which Black termed «construing as»), but models systematically suggest distinctive ways of looking at things (for which I proposed the term «interpreting as» in preference to Hick's phrase, «experiencing as»).

Bacon — yes, American - style bacon in Rome; not exactly the pork product I associate with the city, but who am I to question these things — was grilled to a perfect, lightly charred crisp then topped with peppery wild arugula and drizzled so - very - lightly with an aged balsamic vinegar, the kind that is thick, dark and almost syrupy, as sweet as it is punchy, the kind that probably costs too much but that I still encourage everyone to buy, just once, because used judiciously (which is to say, not in a steak marinade, please, use the cheap stuff for that) it will last forever.

I will say a few things about this little treasure, but I encourage to check out their site to get more information on their amazing product.

Stella McCartney said: «After five exciting years since the launch of MFM, we thank you for all your support and encourage more change, so we can do such a small thing for such a huge cause!

That WAS NOT what i did but you spent days saying awful things about me and encouraging others to be assholes to me.

Solomon, a Leesburg, Georgia native, had some very encouraging things to say to 247sports about the Maize and Blue:

If you were looking for a sign of whether all the confidence among us Arsenal fans and the nice things (for a change) said about us in the football media at the minute are an accurate depiction of where the current crop of Gunners stands when compared to our main rivals for the Premier League, including the dreaded Jose Mourinho and his expensively assembled Chelsea team, then you should be encouraged by the words of Arsene Wenger.

Cesc has some very encouraging and very nice things to say about our Thomas.

I just can't say enough positive things about this program and try to encourage my friends to go through it as well.

Over and over again we hear School Nutrition Association members say things like, «If it weren't for my director, I wouldn't have applied for my scholarship,» and «My manager told me about SNA, and encouraged me to become a member.»

JonaRose Feinberg: Well, you know I don't encourage putting the babies on a schedule, altough I would say the babies to come home from or stay in the NICU have already been put on a feeding schedule in the NICU, and if they are already on one then it's not a bad thing to keep them on that schedule if it's working for you but mostly I don't encourage scheduling.