Sentences with phrase «writing gave me courage»

Your book about making a living with one's writing gave me courage and also helped me identify, which of the available methods to try first.

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One man wrote this: «Our patience is improved, by bearing calmly the indignities he strives to load us with; our charity is enflamed by returning good for ill, and by pardoning and forgiving the injuries he does us; our prudence is increased by wisely managing ourselves in our demeanor, so as not to give him opportunity to wound us; our fortitude is strengthened by the manful repelling of scorns, and by giving occasions for the display of an undaunted courage in all our actions; our industry is strengthened and confirmed by watching all his attacks and stratagems; and by our contriving how we may best acquit ourselves in all our contests.»
In the summer of 1943 he wrote a notable prayer: «God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that can not be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.»
She gave me the courage to become a writer myself, and when I was teaching creative writing in grad school, I taught Bird by Bird, her book on writing.
I interview «no - fluff» authors and teachers of writing for my podcast, «Giving Voice to Your Courage» — with the theme of courage iCourage» — with the theme of courage icourage in mind.
The Creative Penn has given courage, inspiration and tactics to so many writers, and I'm so glad to see that you've gotten it and your writing to where you can leave your job.
And all the while, TCW and the writer of STT hide behind anonymity, giving the impression that they don't have the courage to put their names to their writing.
Hearing the complaints about this course gave me a new respect for the Legal Research and Writing instructors who have the courage to teach a course that few students grasp the long - term importance of or even have the courtesy to pretend that they can stand.
«Hopefully this book can give people the courage to stand up and write the good stories that challenge the orthodoxy.»
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