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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.


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Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.





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