αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
V. εὔφρων.
welcome: P. and V. ἡδύς, ἀρεστός, V. φίλος.
hopeful: P. and V. εὔελπις.
cheering words: P. παρακέλευσις, ἡ, V. παρακέλευσμα, το.