Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDIgnorance 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.”
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
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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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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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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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A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
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The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.
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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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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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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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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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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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