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Calling Quotes by Steven Pressfield
- The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
- The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on…
- Ambition, I have come to believe, is the most primal and sacred and fundament of our being. To feel ambition and to act upon it…
- Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North--meaning that calling or action it most wants to…
- When we're living as amateurs, we're running away from our calling - meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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,…
- The more you love your art/ calling/ enterprise, the more important its accomplishment to the evolution of your soul, the more you will fear it…
- The amateur has a long list of fears. Near the top are two: Solitude and silence. The amateur fears solitude and silence because she needs…
- Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to…
- Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared…
- The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don't believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after…
More Calling Quotes
- I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the… — Teresa of Avila
- I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him… — Janis Joplin
- I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling as I… — Rowan Atkinson
- We're not going to deputize a whole bunch of American citizens to start grabbing people or turning them in, in part because… — Barack Obama
- I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal." Anger replaced my fear. I didn't… — Richelle Mead
- If you're a cowboy who likes to line dance always remember, the girl behind you is secretly calling you a pussy. — Nikhil Saluja
- If hes not calling you, its because you are not on his mind. If he creates expectations for you, and then doesnt… — Babloo
- I won't suffer, be broken, get tired or wasted, surrender to nothing, I'll give up what I started, and stop this from… — 30 Seconds To Mars