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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDPlaying the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.
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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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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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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 professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.
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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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The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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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.
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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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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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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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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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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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