The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDTo yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.
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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
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The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.
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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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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.
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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.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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 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.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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