A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDWhen we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don’t believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after masterpiece and never found a buyer in his whole life.
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A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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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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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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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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The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.
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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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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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