I couldn't hear a sound but didn't want to discourage him and went inside.

"I don't want to discourage people from taking these drugs," he said.

On the other hand, if the situation is serious we don't want to discourage people from coming in.

"We want to discourage people from thinking this is an easy option," he said.

Why did he want to discourage me from doing my job?

We do not want to discourage anyone from eating chicken.

"Why in the world would we want to discourage any American - whether they're 17 or 67 - from working?"

I have wanted to say that from the first, but didn't want to discourage you.

He didn't want to discourage those who'd attended by keeping them out late.

After all, you don't want to discourage good wine making.