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Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it."

Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "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 to alter our destiny."

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 to alter our destiny.




Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got."

Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else."

The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else.




Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying."

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "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 are who we are from the cradle, and we're stuck with it."

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 are who we are from the cradle, and we're stuck with it.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so."

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.




Steven Pressfield Quotes: "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 growth of our soul."

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 growth of our soul.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it."

The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance."

Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off."

Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it."

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.




Steven Pressfield Quotes: "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 our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate."

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 our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready."

Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are... That we actually have the guts, the perserverance, the capacity... because, if it's true, then we become estranged from all we know."

We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are... That we actually have the guts, the perserverance, the capacity... because, if it's true, then we become estranged from all we know.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness."

Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them."

Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery."

Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "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 and the more Resistance you will experience facing it."

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 and the more Resistance you will experience facing it.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "On the field of The Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon."

On the field of The Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "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 every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got."

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 every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own."

When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous."

Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind."

We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day."

Fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it."

The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "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 world."

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 world.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts."

The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone."

The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure."

Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors."

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?"

Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her."

The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "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."

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.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?"

Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them."

When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The amateur tweets. The pro works."

The amateur tweets. The pro works.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed."

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt."

Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition."

...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts."

The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be."

To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "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 intention and hope."

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 intention and hope.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career, but to keep himself from flaming out in each individual work."

The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career, but to keep himself from flaming out in each individual work.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls."

To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The professional will not tolerate disorder... He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown."

The professional will not tolerate disorder... He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because the more awake we become, the less we need the Ego."

The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because the more awake we become, the less we need the Ego.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "The professional has learned that success, like happiness, comes as a by-product of work. The professional concentrates on the work and allows rewards to come or not come, whatever they like."

The professional has learned that success, like happiness, comes as a by-product of work. The professional concentrates on the work and allows rewards to come or not come, whatever they like.



Steven Pressfield Quotes: "To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution."

To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.