All Steven Pressfield Quotes
- You don't need to take a course or buy a product. All you have to do is change your mind. All
- I believe in previous lives and the Muse—and that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled into material being… Artist
- We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We… Calling
- Is there a spiritual element to creativity? Hell, yes. Our mightiest ally (our indispensable ally) is belief in something we cannot see, hear, touch, taste,… Allies
- Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off. Dumb
- The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death. Confident
- Don't wait for someone else to validate you. Validate yourself. Funny
- Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power… Alter
- When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen... Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose. Cause
- Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them. Condemned
- The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts. Critic
- If you were meant to cure cancer or crack cold fusion and you don't do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You… Almighty
- We show up. We do our best. Good things happen. Best
- Put your ass where your heart wants to be. Ass
- We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind. Behind
- The last thing we want is to remain as we are. Inspirational
- It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it. Another Thing
- Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It's nice, but when the ship sails, all they… All
- When we are succeeding - that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are advancing in our craft and… Advancing
- Sometimes, when we're terrified of embracing our true calling, we'll pursue a shadow calling instead. That shadow career is a metaphor for our real career.… Calling
- Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it? Bleed
- Late at night have you experienced a vision of the person you might become, the work you could accomplish, the realized being you were meant… Accomplish
- It may be that the human race is not ready for freedom. The air of liberty may be too rarefied for us to breathe... The… Ago
- The hero wanders, the hero suffers, the hero returns. You are that hero. Hero
- You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven hundred kronen, and moved to Vienna to live and study...… Artist