Steven Pressfield

We cannot let external criticism, even if it's true, fortify our internal foe. That foe is strong enough already.

— Steven Pressfield

“We're never alone. As soon as we step outside the campfire glow, our Muse lights on our shoulder like a butterfly. The…

— Steven Pressfield

“That was what I did at night. I read all the stuff that you're supposed to read in college but never do,…

— Steven Pressfield

“It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life. — Telamon of Arcadia, mercenary of the fifth…

— Steven Pressfield

“It may help to think of it this way. If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack…

— Steven Pressfield

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

— Steven Pressfield

When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.

— Steven Pressfield

Ignorance and arrogance are the artist's and entrepreneur's indispensable allies. She must be clueless enough to have no idea how difficult her…

— Steven Pressfield

Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave;…

— Steven Pressfield

“A victim act is a form of passive aggression. It seeks to achieve gratification not by honest work or a contribution made…

— Steven Pressfield

To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls.

— Steven Pressfield

“War, not peace, produces virtue. War, not peace, purges vice. War, and preparation for war, call forth all that is noble and…

— Steven Pressfield

“Reći ću Njegovom Veličanstvu što je kralj.Kralj ne boravi u svome šatoru dok njegovi ljudi krvare i ginu na ratištu.Kralj ne objeduje…

— Steven Pressfield

“We experience [procrastination] as fear. But fear of what? Fear of the consequences of following our heart. Fear of bankruptcy, fear of…

— Steven Pressfield

“At least twice a week, I pause in the rush of work and have a meeting with myself. (If I were part…

— Steven Pressfield

Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.

— Steven Pressfield

“Nikad nisam u bici,ni igdje drugdje ,ni ja ni itko od ljudi prisutnih ispod hrastova,vidio da Dijaneku popuste uzde samokontrole kojima je…

— Steven Pressfield

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance,…

— Steven Pressfield

I was keenly conscious of the comrades-in-arms who had fallen with me. A bond surpassing by a hundredfold that which I had…

— Steven Pressfield

If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you…

— Steven Pressfield

We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify…

— Steven Pressfield

“The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders.”

— Steven Pressfield

“The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never…

— Steven Pressfield

“The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell whether he knows it or not.”

— Steven Pressfield

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…

— Steven Pressfield