Assignments Quote by Steven Pressfield

“The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him…

— Steven Pressfield

“He is full of adrenaline, his nerves are shot, and his mind is cluttered up with free-floating anxiety-floating around on an ocean of generalized…

— Neal Stephenson

A man who is afraid will do anything.

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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

— Steven Pressfield

There has been in our time a lack of reliance on language and a lack of experimentation which are frightening to anyone who sees…

— Muriel Rukeyser

“Courage,” he said, “is being absolutely terrified of something and doing it anyway.”

— K.T. Bryan

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

He who doesn't know fear runs the risk of dying from courage.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

“In spite of his physical efforts, he understands that he is afraid to go on reading the typescript. Why this fear should have taken…

— Paul Auster

Why should he who is scared be careful?

— Menander

“And he knew that there would always be the fear before performing, the stage fright, that would never go away, but he also understood…

— Neil Gaiman