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Steven Pressfield Inspirational Quotes (122)

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If we were born to overthrow the order of ignorance and injustice of the world, it’s our job to realize it and get down to business.
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Resistance really takes the shape, for me, in voices in my head telling me why I can't do something or why I should put it off for another day, procrastinate for another day.
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F@*# self-doubt. I despise it. I hold it in contempt, along with the hell-spawned ooze-pit of Resistance from which it crawled. I will NEVER back off. I will NEVER give the work anything less than 100%. If I go down in flames, so be it. I'll be back.
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Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure.
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If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist? chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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Right now with blogs and the flood of internet access, a multitude of aspiring writers think they're ready for prime time. They're not. Be great. Read. Write. Bust your ass. Learn and find your voice. As hard as you think it is, it's a hundred times harder.
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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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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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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 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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Don't wait for someone else to validate you. Validate yourself.
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The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.
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Anything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance.
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As artists and professionals, it is our obligation to enact our own internal revolution, a private insurrection inside our own skulls. In this uprising we free ourselves from the tyranny of consumer culture.
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What force is yanking at our sleeves? This process of self-revision and self-correction is so common we don't even notice. But it's a miracle.
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You have never tasted freedom, friend, or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.
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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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Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.
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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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The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.
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It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours fly. The sculptress and the tree-climbing tyke both look up blinking when Mom calls, 'Suppertime!'
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