All Steven Pressfield Quotes
- Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show… Adversity
- 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, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline,… Basics
- The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never… Amateur
- A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so. Bit
- A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this. Horse
- Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and… Act
- If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit… Artist
- He who whets his steel, whets his courage Courage
- I was keenly conscious of the comrades-in-arms who had fallen with me. A bond surpassing by a hundredfold that which I had known in life… Apprehended
- This man has conquered the world! What have you done?" The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conquer the… Conquer
- Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for! Die
- Nothing fires the warrior’s heart more with courage than to find himself and his comrades at the point of annihilation, at the brink of being… Accomplishment
- Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie. Go
- For what can be more noble than to slay oneself? Not literally. Not with a blade in the guts. But to extinguish the selfish self… Blade
- Cousin, the days of gods and heroes are over." "Not to me. Not to them. Cousin
- When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation,… Abandon
- 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. Arena
- The song we’re composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it. Already Exists
- A work-in-progress generates its own energy field. You, the artist or entrepreneur, are pouring love into the work; you are suffusing it with passion and… Artist
- No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop… Artist
- These scars on my body,” Alexander declared, “were got for you, my brothers. Every wound, as you see, is in the front. Let that man… Alexander
- A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and… Believe
- Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. "I write only when inspiration strikes," he replied.… Asked
- If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do. Fear
- 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… Coffee