As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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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The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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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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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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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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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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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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We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are… That we actually have the guts, the perserverance, the capacity… because, if it’s true, then we become estranged from all we know.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance.
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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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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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