Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThe critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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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 last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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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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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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If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don’t do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet.
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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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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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A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.
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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance.
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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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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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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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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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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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