Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
I went to a Catholic high school, which, to this day, I could burn down. And I got great revenge because they… — John Waters Copy Share Image
That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Every time I wrote fiction, I was discouraged, and every time I wrote nonfiction, I was encouraged. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
I grew up in an acting family. I was heavily discouraged from doing it myself when I was young, which is the… — Jack Davenport Copy Share Image
Teachers and administrators sleepwalk through their responsibilities, dulled and discouraged by the endless pressures and problems. — David Perkins Copy Share Image
We read to learn and to grow, to laugh, to be motivated, and to understand things we've never been exposed to. We… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It… — Maureen Forrester Copy Share Image
Most people are not really conceited, but feel a certain amount of inferiority and tend to get a little discouraged with themselves,… — David Berg Copy Share Image
Don't get discouraged. As far as I'm concerned, a positive attitude is the most important attribute any runner can have. You'll need… — Amby Burfoot Copy Share Image
Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What we men share is the experience of having been raised by women in a culture that stopped our fathers from being… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
There's also a way that you have of being precise but also allusive, that works well for me - it's something about… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Do not lay things too much to heart. No one is ever really beaten unless he is discouraged. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
It's one thing to be discouraged. It's another thing to have despair. Despair is when you think there's just no end to… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing good in my future' -… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
A pause followed my greeting. Then “We’re watching you ” whispered the voice on the other end. “Yeah? Did you see what… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
I have often started off on a walk in the state called mad-mad in the sense of sore-headed, or mad with tedium… — Donald C. Peattie Copy Share Image
I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share Image
Well, as a general remark, I would say that I was discouraged by the physical and economic conditions in continental Europe after… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The possibilities are endless, so never be discouraged by a setback, no matter how big. — Tommy Hilfiger Copy Share Image
You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can.… — Thomas J. Watson Copy Share Image
Rather than becoming discouraged, know that encountering a wall is proof of the progress that you have made so far. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
