Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDI wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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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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Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It’s nice, but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye.
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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
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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 professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
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Ignorance and arrogance are the artist’s and entrepreneur’s indispensable allies. She must be clueless enough to have no idea how difficult her enterprise is going to be and cocky enough to believe she can pull it off anyway.”
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Fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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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 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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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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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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