Failure could not discourage Edison's passion for invention, however.
"Trying to discourage me from my passion is inhuman – it's not possible!" The crowd cheered and applauded.
His amused parents, who were lawyers, didn't share his passion, but neither did they discourage him from listening to the alien-sounding music.
Sometimes others will tend to think that your passions are futile and will discourage you from following them.
I certainly wouldn't discourage anybody from going into this science, if that's their passion.
As many retailers have lately concluded, allowing customers to rate and rank their goods publicly doesn't so much discourage shoppers from buying no-star items as it does promote connoisseurship and passion among its customers.
The experience did not discourage Bottura — not, at any rate, enough to keep him from moving to New York for six months to "taste its food, look at its art, listen to its music, and reignite my passion".
High prices discourage pollution.
That may discourage some.
That might discourage players.
