542 Quotes by Steven Pressfield

It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life.

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.

As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.

Every sun casts a shadow, and genius's shadow is Resistance.

When we are succeeding - that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are advancing in our craft and evolving to a higher level - that's when panic strikes. When we experience panic, it means that we're about to cross a threshold. We're poised on the doorstep of a higher plane.

If you were meant to cure cancer 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. You shame the angels who watch over you and you spite God Almighty, who created you and only you with your unique gifts, for the sole purpose of nudging the human race one millimeter further along its path back to God.

When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion.

We show up. We do our best. Good things happen.

It can pay off, being a hack. Given the depraved state of American culture, a slick dude can make millions being a hack. But even if you succeed, you lose, because you’ve sold out your Muse, and your Muse is you, the best part of yourself, where your finest and only true work comes from.