Famous Quotes by Steven Pressfield

“A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.”

"“At some point, the pain of not doing it becomes greater than the pain of doing it.”"

The professional loves his craft. He dedicates himself to mastering it. He respects it to the utmost. He does not consider himself superior to it.

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.

Resistance will unfailingly point to true north—meaning that calling or action it most wants to stop us from doing is the one we most need to do.

What separates the amateur from the professional is their habits. The professional has habits. The amateur has hopes.

Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.

When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight.

Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.

Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. It will perjure. It will falsify; it will tell you you're not ready, you're not good enough, and it will tell you to stop.

The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.

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.

The act of writing, the act of creating, is about harnessing your deepest fears and making something out of them.

The enemy is a very good teacher.

The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.

Resistance will bury you if you let it.

Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do.

Turning pro is a mindset. The amateur dithers. The professional is deliberate. The amateur is a weekend warrior. The professional shows up seven days a week.

Resistance will always tell you what you can't do, what you're not capable of. It's a liar.

The artist must never look at the market. The artist must never look at the audience. He must never pay attention to what is selling, what is popular, what is hot.