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Steven Pressfield quotes: The opposite of fear," Dienekes said, "is love. The opposite of fear," Dienekes said, "is love.
Steven Pressfield quotes: When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own. When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The power to take charge was in my hands; all I had to do was believe it. The power to take charge was in my hands; all I had to do was believe it.
Steven Pressfield quotes: He who whets his steel, whets his courage He who whets his steel, whets his courage
Steven Pressfield quotes: The professional will not tolerate disorder ... He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown. The professional will not tolerate disorder ... He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it. He The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it. He
Steven Pressfield quotes: She (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition. She (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.
Steven Pressfield quotes: preparation, order, patience, endurance, acting in the face of fear and failure preparation, order, patience, endurance, acting in the face of fear and failure
Steven Pressfield quotes: There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.
Steven Pressfield quotes: When we raise our game aesthetically, we elevate it morally and spiritually as well. When we raise our game aesthetically, we elevate it morally and spiritually as well.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Leonidas's and Dienekes' quips draw the individual out of his private terror and yoke him to the group. Leonidas's and Dienekes' quips draw the individual out of his private terror and yoke him to the group.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The universe is not indifferent. It is actively hostile. The universe is not indifferent. It is actively hostile.
Steven Pressfield quotes: performing the commonplace under uncommonplace conditions. performing the commonplace under uncommonplace conditions.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Art is a war - between ourselves and the forces of self-sabotage that would stop us from doing our work. The artist is a warrior. Art is a war - between ourselves and the forces of self-sabotage that would stop us from doing our work. The artist is a warrior.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Alexander operated by the same principle. Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies. Alexander operated by the same principle. Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Faced with our imminent extinction, Tom Laughlin believes, all assumptions are called into question. Faced with our imminent extinction, Tom Laughlin believes, all assumptions are called into question.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Turning pro is like kicking a drug habit or stopping drinking. It's a decision, a decision to which we must re-commit every day. Turning pro is like kicking a drug habit or stopping drinking. It's a decision, a decision to which we must re-commit every day.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying. The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
Steven Pressfield quotes: ...fear doesn't go away. ...fear doesn't go away.
Steven Pressfield quotes: plunge at once into matters as a Greek would, but offered first prayers for the free people's well-being. plunge at once into matters as a Greek would, but offered first prayers for the free people's well-being.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Every virtue that reaches the exaggeration, is becoming a defect Every virtue that reaches the exaggeration, is becoming a defect
Steven Pressfield quotes: What could be more natural for this man than to draw to his bosom all with whom he shared that time, even his foes? Perhaps his foes more than any. What could be more natural for this man than to draw to his bosom all with whom he shared that time, even his foes? Perhaps his foes more than any.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Bhagavad-Gita tells us we have a right only to our labor, not to the fruits of our labor. Bhagavad-Gita tells us we have a right only to our labor, not to the fruits of our labor.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The working artist will not tolerate trouble in her life because she knows trouble prevents her from doing her work. The working artist will not tolerate trouble in her life because she knows trouble prevents her from doing her work.
Steven Pressfield quotes: she doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in anticipation of its apparition. she doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in anticipation of its apparition.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The artist and the fundamentalist both confront the same issue, the mystery of their existence as individuals. The artist and the fundamentalist both confront the same issue, the mystery of their existence as individuals.
Steven Pressfield quotes: We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance. We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Don't prepare, do. Don't let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later. Don't prepare, do. Don't let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it. Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure. Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure.
Steven Pressfield quotes: I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better. I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration. The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Resistance is implacable, intractable, indefatigable. Resistance is implacable, intractable, indefatigable.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it? Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?
Steven Pressfield quotes: Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got. Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Eternity is in love with the creations of time, Eternity is in love with the creations of time,
Steven Pressfield quotes: Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you're feeling massive Resistance, the good news is that it means there's tremendous love there too. Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you're feeling massive Resistance, the good news is that it means there's tremendous love there too.
Steven Pressfield quotes: A warrior culture trains for adversity. Luxury and ease are the goals advertised to the civilian world. A warrior culture trains for adversity. Luxury and ease are the goals advertised to the civilian world.
Steven Pressfield quotes: I'm superstitious. I keep mum while I'm working on something. I'm superstitious. I keep mum while I'm working on something.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Every sun casts a shadow, and genius's shadow is Resistance. Every sun casts a shadow, and genius's shadow is Resistance.
Steven Pressfield quotes: We master the technique of our jobs. We master the technique of our jobs.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Warfare is theatre, I have said, and the essence of theatre is aritifce. What we show, we will not do. What we don't show, we will do. Warfare is theatre, I have said, and the essence of theatre is aritifce. What we show, we will not do. What we don't show, we will do.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Do we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront Resistance? Do we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront Resistance?
Steven Pressfield quotes: As all born teachers, he was primarily a student. As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt. The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The only items you get to keep are love for the work, will to finish, and passion to serve the ethical, creative Muse. The only items you get to keep are love for the work, will to finish, and passion to serve the ethical, creative Muse.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Put your ass where your heart wants to be. Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off. Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work. Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
Steven Pressfield quotes: You are a writer when you tell yourself you are. No one else's opinion matters. Screw them. You are when you say you are. You are a writer when you tell yourself you are. No one else's opinion matters. Screw them. You are when you say you are.
Steven Pressfield quotes: We're wrong if we think we're the only ones struggling with Resistance. Everyone who has a body experiences Resistance. We're wrong if we think we're the only ones struggling with Resistance. Everyone who has a body experiences Resistance.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it? Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
Steven Pressfield quotes: The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle. The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle.
Steven Pressfield quotes: I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find to screw it up. I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find to screw it up.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Don't think. Act. We can always revise and revisit once we've acted. But we can accomplish nothing until we act. Don't think. Act. We can always revise and revisit once we've acted. But we can accomplish nothing until we act.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The professional cannot allow the actions of others to define his reality. The professional cannot allow the actions of others to define his reality.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Resistance is the most toxic force on the planet. Resistance is the most toxic force on the planet.
Steven Pressfield quotes: it. If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are. it. If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it. Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it. If
Steven Pressfield quotes: The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Discipline yourself to boil down your story/new business/philanthropic enterprise to a single page. Discipline yourself to boil down your story/new business/philanthropic enterprise to a single page.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul, The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul,
Steven Pressfield quotes: Fear conquers fear. This is how we Spartans do it, counterpoising to fear of death a greater fear: that of dishonor. Of exclusion from the pack. Fear conquers fear. This is how we Spartans do it, counterpoising to fear of death a greater fear: that of dishonor. Of exclusion from the pack.
Steven Pressfield quotes: BOOK TWO COMBATING RESISTANCE BOOK TWO COMBATING RESISTANCE
Steven Pressfield quotes: Resistance by definition is self-sabotage. Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The problem with friends and family is that they know us as we are. They are invested in maintaining us as we are. The problem with friends and family is that they know us as we are. They are invested in maintaining us as we are.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Our job, as souls on this mortal journey, is to shift the seat of our identity from the lower realm to the upper, from the ego to the Self. Art Our job, as souls on this mortal journey, is to shift the seat of our identity from the lower realm to the upper, from the ego to the Self. Art
Steven Pressfield quotes: Tolstoy had 13 kids and still wrote War & Peace. Tolstoy had 13 kids and still wrote War & Peace.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Resistance's goal is not to would or disable. Resistance aims to kill. Resistance's goal is not to would or disable. Resistance aims to kill.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Casting yourself as a victim is the antithesis of doing your work. Don't do it. If you're doing it, stop. Casting yourself as a victim is the antithesis of doing your work. Don't do it. If you're doing it, stop.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation. Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation.
Steven Pressfield quotes: We have the right to our labor but not to the fruit of our labor. We have the right to our labor but not to the fruit of our labor.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Figure out what scares you the most and do that first. Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Once we commit to action, the worst thing we can do is to stop. Once we commit to action, the worst thing we can do is to stop.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Gobartes the son of Artabazos Gobartes the son of Artabazos
Steven Pressfield quotes: Playing for money, or adopting the attitude of one who plays for money, lowers the fever. Playing for money, or adopting the attitude of one who plays for money, lowers the fever.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Last of terror's stages, Selene had tutored Europa and me, is busyness. Last of terror's stages, Selene had tutored Europa and me, is busyness.
Steven Pressfield quotes: A writer is a writer when he says he is. A writer is a writer when he says he is.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Maybe it's less threatening to believe that our beloved spouse is worthy to live out his or her unlived life, while we are not. Maybe it's less threatening to believe that our beloved spouse is worthy to live out his or her unlived life, while we are not.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The professional knows that Resistance is like a telemarketer; if you so much as say hello, you're finished. The professional knows that Resistance is like a telemarketer; if you so much as say hello, you're finished.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The concept in all these environments seems to be that one needs to complete his healing before he is ready to do his work. The concept in all these environments seems to be that one needs to complete his healing before he is ready to do his work.
Steven Pressfield quotes: When you're a working writer, sooner or later friends and acquaintances will get you alone and confide that they, too, have a book in them. When you're a working writer, sooner or later friends and acquaintances will get you alone and confide that they, too, have a book in them.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Our guns do not strip the foe of life with surgical strokes. They take them in a holocaust. Our guns do not strip the foe of life with surgical strokes. They take them in a holocaust.
Steven Pressfield quotes: In my view, the amateur does not love the game enough. If he did, he would not pursue it as a sideline, distinct from his "real" vocation. In my view, the amateur does not love the game enough. If he did, he would not pursue it as a sideline, distinct from his "real" vocation.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders. The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The enemy is Resistance. The enemy is Resistance.
Steven Pressfield quotes: What force is yanking at our sleeves? This process of self-revision and self-correction is so common we don't even notice. But it's a miracle. What force is yanking at our sleeves? This process of self-revision and self-correction is so common we don't even notice. But it's a miracle.
Steven Pressfield quotes: A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so. A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.
Steven Pressfield quotes: It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it. It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The pain of being human is that we're all angels imprisoned in vessels of flesh. The pain of being human is that we're all angels imprisoned in vessels of flesh.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else. The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The hardest thing in the world is to be ourselves. The hardest thing in the world is to be ourselves.
Steven Pressfield quotes: So she concentrates on technique. The professional masters how, and leaves what and why to the gods. So she concentrates on technique. The professional masters how, and leaves what and why to the gods.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Do it or don't do it. Do it or don't do it.
Steven Pressfield quotes: The sure sign of an amateur is he has a million plans and they all start tomorrow. The sure sign of an amateur is he has a million plans and they all start tomorrow.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Next morning I went over to Paul's for coffee and told him I had finished. "Good for you," he said without looking up. "Start the next one today. Next morning I went over to Paul's for coffee and told him I had finished. "Good for you," he said without looking up. "Start the next one today.
Steven Pressfield quotes: Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within. Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.
Steven Pressfield quotes: It's better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot. It's better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

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