Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It's nice, but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye. Steven Pressfield More Quotes by Steven Pressfield More Quotes From Steven Pressfield He who whets his steel, whets his courage Steven Pressfield steelmilitary We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause. Steven Pressfield applausesakeattention The last thing we want is to remain as we are. Steven Pressfield lastswant What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead. Steven Pressfield convincedunhappy Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity. Steven Pressfield adversitybattlefaces It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life. Steven Pressfield studymotivationalwar 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. Steven Pressfield gonedoewar Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North--meaning that calling or action it most wants to stop us from doing. We can use this. We can use it as a compass. We can navigate by Resistance, letting it guide us to that calling or action that we must follow before all others. Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it. Steven Pressfield oilimportantsoul This man has conquered the world! What have you done?" The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conquer the world. Steven Pressfield conquer-the-worldmenneeds 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. Steven Pressfield defensebravemen The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don't believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after masterpiece and never found a buyer in his whole life. Steven Pressfield effortartistbelieve We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance. Steven Pressfield conquerresistancemasters To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution. Steven Pressfield reasonlove-isart The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her. Steven Pressfield wholeheartedlydoeforget The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration. Steven Pressfield artistinspirationexample When we're living as amateurs, we're running away from our calling - meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves. Steven Pressfield destinyselfrunning Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness. Steven Pressfield selflessnesswarriormay The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. 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. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second, we can sit down and do our work. Steven Pressfield destinyprocrastinationmotivational 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. Steven Pressfield armyrealwinning You have never tasted freedom, friend, or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel. Steven Pressfield spokessteelgold
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