Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDMost of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
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Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn’t just skills like computer technology. It’s the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.
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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance.
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To 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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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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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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.
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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.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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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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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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