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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDResistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experince it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential… Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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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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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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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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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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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.
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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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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 critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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