Heartening

Live cool for a time, and rather low, instead of taking what they call heartening things: Your manner of making presents is noble, 'et sent la grandeur d'ame d'un preux ❋ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1733)

She described as heartening the pledges of many development partners to maintain and increase their development co-operation. ❋ Unknown (1998)

Live cool for a time, and rather low, instead of taking what they call heartening things: Your manner of making presents is noble, et sent la grandeur d’ame d’un preux Chevalier. ❋ Unknown (2005)

What’s less heartening is why duFresne’s story apparently captivated the media in New York and the Twin Cities. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Queen Dulness herself is characteristically described as heartening and harking forward her legions with pure noise. ❋ Various (N/A)

He spoke honestly, but it was with the idea of heartening the man. ❋ Jack London (1896)

Trinidad MP Jack Warner – controller of three of 24 Fifa votes – says the gestures are "heartening". ❋ David Hills (2010)

I'm dead tired of hearing bone-thin women say they just "hike Runyon Canyon with their dogs" -- and it's kind of heartening when brave young stars are willing to admit what the Hollywood pressure to be thin is really like, and what it takes to live up to it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Although it's kind of heartening to know that Apple's sales techniques have spread to the world of cycling. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

He described the openness of Wednesday's talks as "heartening". ❋ Unknown (2008)

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called the industry's progress in preventing defaults "heartening," but he said the administration "will look for additional measures to reach more borrowers to prevent as many avoidable foreclosures as possible." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fareed Zakaria's unabashedly pro-Bush article spends more time talking about how "heartening" Bush's second term is in comparison with his "stubborn" first term than it does about what Bush has done wrong. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I find that kind of heartening, because it's such an earnest desire. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is -- it's kind of heartening reading it, isn't it? ❋ Unknown (2006)

The North American market had shown a "heartening" increase - up 9.4 percent. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It's actually kind of heartening knowing how little TV I watch --- then I remember I just end up renting the series on DVD or download them and watch on my computer. ❋ Elfpvke (2004)

However the PSAM said it was "heartening" to note that 65.8 percent of those surveyed in the former Transkei area and 77.9 percent in the western half of the province had waited three to five months for their applications to be approved. ❋ Unknown (2004)

She said it was "heartening" that government was addressing the many issues surrounding the requirements of partners in permanent same-sex partnerships. ❋ Unknown (2003)

She said that while the global economy and international tourism industry was facing a downturn, it was "heartening" that South ❋ Unknown (2003)

I have enormous respect for both Peter and Dan, who are my colleagues, and competitors, and my friends in a way as well, and, I think that it is kind of heartening that American public has put up with us for so long, and still has a regard for us. ❋ Unknown (2001)