Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThe professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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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 selves.
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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.
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There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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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.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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