The opposite of fear is love – love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our dream and see if we can pull it off.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThis 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.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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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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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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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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When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen… Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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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A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
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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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Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
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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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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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