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 PRESSFIELDTo yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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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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Don’t prepare, do. Don’t let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.
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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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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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Don’t prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.
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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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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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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
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The professional will not tolerate disorder… He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown.
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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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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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