Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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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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.
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It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.
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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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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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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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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.
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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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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experince it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential… Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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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.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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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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