Resistance Quotes by Steven Pressfield

“Resistance has no conscience.”

— Steven Pressfield

Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.

— Steven Pressfield

Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.

— Steven Pressfield

“Resistance is the most toxic force on the planet.”

— Steven Pressfield

“The enemy is Resistance.”

— Steven Pressfield

Resistance is implacable, intractable, indefatigable.

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Do we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront Resistance?

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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.

— Steven Pressfield

Many pedestrians have been maimed or killed at the intersection of Resistance and Commerce.

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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt.

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“Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.”

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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.

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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius's shadow is Resistance.

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Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.

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We're wrong if we think we're the only ones struggling with Resistance. Everyone who has a body experiences Resistance.

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“Resistance knows that the more psychic energy we expend dredging and re-dredging the tired, boring injustices of our personal lives, the less…

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As resistance works to keep us from becoming who we were born to be, equal and opposite powers are counterpoised against it.…

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Don't prepare, do. Don't let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.

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“Resistance gets us to plunge into a project with an overambitious and unrealistic timetable for its completion.”

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Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you…

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No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance.…

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As powerful as is our soul's call, so potent are the forces of Resistance arrayed against it. We're not alone if we've…

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“Resistance obstructs movement only from a lower sphere to a higher. It kicks in when we seek to pursue a calling in…

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“Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North - meaning that calling or…

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Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you’re feeling massive Resistance, the good news is, it means there’s tremendous love there too.…

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In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any…

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Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are…

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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experince it as an energy field radiating from…

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You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven hundred kronen, and moved to Vienna to…

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“I wouldn’t say “art” as much as “virtue,” in the ancient Greek sense of “andreia” – manly action – or “arete,” excellence.…

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Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb:…

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“Resistance outwits the amateur with the oldest trick in the book: It uses his own enthusiasm against him. Resistance gets us to…

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Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North--meaning that calling or action it…

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On the field of The Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.

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“Resistance's goal is not to would or disable. Resistance aims to kill.”

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Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work.

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Resistance’s goal is not to wound or disable. Resistance aims to kill

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Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance.

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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.

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“Resistance is a repelling force. It’s negative. Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.”

— Steven Pressfield