It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that ;their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.
Discouragement is the opposite of courage.
Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.
Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
For thine own purpose, thou hast sent The strife and the discouragement!
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.