Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - Encouragement and Development Prize

Famous quotes containing the words encouragement and, development and/or prize:

“Fathers are still considered the most important “doers” in our culture, and in most families they are that. Girls see them as the family authorities on careers, and so fathers’ encouragement and counsel is important to them. When fathers don’t take their daughters’ achievements and plans seriously, girls sometimes have trouble taking themselves seriously.”
—Stella Chess (20th century)

“America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)

“The true runner comes to the finish and receives the prize and is crowned.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)