Best Steven Pressfield Quotations
- Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity. Adversity
- Contempt for failure is our cardinal virtue. Cardinal
- The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He… Apprentices
- It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours… Among
- Look in your own heart. Unless I'm crazy, right now a still small voice is piping up, telling you as it has ten thousand times,… Action
- When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them. Face
- 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… Certain
- We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on… All
- The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt. Athlete
- Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. Editors
- Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who… Act
- No industry is immune and no occupation is safe. All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our… Adapt
- Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. All are continually asking, "What does this represent? What does it… All
- In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives… Act
- Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work. Aim
- To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be. Born
- Do we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront Resistance? Confront
- Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. From
- We're wrong if we think we're the only ones struggling with Resistance. Everyone who has a body experiences Resistance. Body
- Resistance is implacable, intractable, indefatigable. Funny
- Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance. Degree
- We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance. Conquer
- Anything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance. Artificial
- When we sit down to work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete. Accrete
- Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation. Artist
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